Pursuant to the definition of “special programme” contained in section 10 of the Education and Training Act 2020, the Secretary for Education hereby approves the following types of programmes as special programmes for the purposes of an enrolment scheme:

1. Any class or programme established by the school for which students are accepted on the basis of need for additional support arising from learning and behaviour needs or disabilities.
2. Any class which delivers a Māori language programme which is resourced by the Ministry of Education at Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.
3. Any class which delivers a Pacific language* programme, including Pacific bilingual and immersion education pathways, where at least one Pacific language makes up 31% of the language of instruction.
4. Any class providing a programme of study to students who have a letter from Auckland University of Technology Mangere Refugee Education Centre identifying them as being part of the Government's official refugee programme or from the New Zealand Immigration Services establishing the student's refugee status.

This notice revokes and replaces New Zealand Gazette, 17 August 2000, No. 92, page 2264.

VANESSA HARROLD, Manager, Education Network, Te Pae Aronui, Ministry of Education.

*For the purpose of this notice, a Pacific language is an indigenous Pacific language from the Pacific region, including

• te reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani | Cook Islands Māori
• gagana Tokelau | Tokelau
• vagahau Niue | Niue
• gagana Sāmoa | Sāmoa
• lea faka Tonga | Tonga
• Vosa vaka-Viti | Fiji
• te gana Tuvalu | Tuvalu
• te taetae ni Kiribati | Kiribati
• Te Leo Wale | Pukapuka | Bukabuka
• Fäeag Rotųam | Rotuma
• Pijin | Solomon Islands
• dorerin Naoero | Nauru
• reo Tahiti | Tahiti
• Bislama | Vanuatu
• Other indigenous Vanuatu languages.