Under section 180 of the Education and Training Act 2020, with delegated authority from the Minister of Education, I amend the Notice of Direction to Appoint a Limited Statutory Manager for the Coastal Taranaki School (551) Board (as published in the New Zealand Gazette, 16 April 2025, Notice No. 2025-go2090)

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); and
2. all Functions, Powers and Duties of the Board to curriculum management, including teaching and assessment practice (whether statutory or otherwise).

The limited statutory manager may also advise the board in the following areas:

1. encouraging the Board to establish relationships for good governance among board members and
2. improvement in the effectiveness and efficiency of governance and stewardship, through induction and ongoing training.

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 22nd day of May 2026.

GEOFF SHORT, Hautū, Te Mahau | Deputy Secretary, Education Services, Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education.