Under section 180 of the Education and Training Act 2020, with delegated authority from the Minister of Education, I hereby direct the appointment of a limited statutory manager for the St Mary’s School Hokitika (3536) Board (“Board”). 

1. The following functions, powers and duties of the Board are to be vested in the limited statutory manager: 

1. All functions, powers and duties of the Board as an employer (whether statutory or otherwise); 
2. all functions, powers and duties of the Board to manage communications (whether statutory or otherwise); and
3. all functions, powers and duties of the Board to establish policies and procedures (whether statutory or otherwise).

2. The Board will retain its primary duty of care as a person conducting a business or undertaking, under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, above and beyond all functions, powers, and duties of this limited statutory manager.  

This notice takes effect on the date of publication.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of January 2024.

ANDREA WILLIAMS, Acting Hautū | Deputy Secretary, Te Mahau | Te Tai Runga, Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education.