7 APRIL 2005

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 62

Oil Filters originating from China, Indonesia, Korea and Thailand.

Plasterboard originating from Thailand.

Reinforcing Steel Bar and Coil originating from Thailand.

Refrigerators and Refrigerator-Freezers originating from Korea.

Washing Machines originating from Korea.

List of Products Subject to Countervailing Action

Final Countervailing Duties

Canned Peaches originating from the European Union.

Full details of the products covered and the applicable amount of anti-dumping or countervailing duty are available via the Ministry of Economic Development web site at:

http://www.med.govt.nz/buslt/trade_rem/goodsche.html

The information is also available on request to:

Trade Remedies Group
Ministry of Economic Development
P.O. Box 1473
Wellington
Telephone: (04) 472 0030
Facsimile: (04) 499 8508
Email: traderem@med.govt.nz

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of April 2005.

MARTIN GARCIA, Team Leader, Investigations, Trade Remedies Group.

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comprehensive, but is oriented towards quality rather than quantity, increased relevance to national goals and towards greater collaboration rather than fruitless competition.

This STEP focuses on four major connected themes:

• Investing in excellence in teaching, learning and research;
• increasing the relevance of skills and knowledge to meet national goals;
• enabling students and learners to access excellent and relevant tertiary education, and progress to higher levels of study and achievement; and
• enhancing capability and information quality in the tertiary system to support learning, teaching and research.

3. The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 2 August 2003, No. 94, page 2470, entitled Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities 2003, is revoked.

The STEP can be viewed at:
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/goto/step

Alternatively, a copy of the STEP can be obtained from the Ministry of Education (Tertiary Education: Regulatory and Resourcing Policy, P.O. Box 1666, Thorndon, Wellington. Telephone: (04) 463 8590).

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of April 2005.

TREVOR MALLARD, Minister of Education.

Education

Education Act 1989

Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities

Notice 2005

Under section 159AC of the Education Act 1989, and following consultation with the Tertiary Education Commission, the Minister of Education gives the following notice.

Notice

1. This notice may be cited as the Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities Notice 2005.

2. This notice applies from the date of its publication.

Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities

The Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities (STEP) is a statutory document under the Education Act 1989 which the Minister of Education releases every one to three years. It applies across the entire tertiary education system, and sets out the Government’s immediate priorities for the performance of that system. The priorities align with the main strategies and objectives in the Tertiary Education Strategy 2002-07 (TES). The TES supports the Government’s overall vision of sustainable development and opportunity for all.

Derived from the TES is the STEP. The role of the STEP is to outline the short-to-medium term priorities that Government expects government agencies and publicly funded tertiary education organisations (public and private providers and industry training organisations) to focus on in order to achieve the goals articulated in the TES.

The priorities set out in this STEP further reinforce the shift to a tertiary education system which remains broad and

Patearoa School (3800) Closure Notice

Pursuant to section 154 of the Education Act 1989, I hereby declare that Patearoa School, Otago, will close on 15 April 2005 and will cease to be established on that day.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of April 2005.

DAVID BENSON-POPE, Associate Minister of Education.

Notice of Direction for Appointment of a Limited Statutory Manager for the Board of Trustees of Waitotara School (2474)

Pursuant to section 78M of the Education Act 1989, I direct the Secretary for Education to appoint a limited statutory manager for the Waitotara School Board of Trustees because of risks to the operation of the school and the educational performance of its students.

The following functions, powers and duties of the board are to be vested in a limited statutory manager:

• All functions, powers and duties of the board as an employer (whether statutory or otherwise);
• all functions, powers and duties of the board in relation to the management of curriculum delivery; and
• the responsibility for the development and implementation of an action plan to address the recommendations and compliance issues identified in the November 2004 Education Review Office Supplementary Review Report.

A limited statutory manager must also advise the board on the following:

• Board roles and responsibilities; and
• consolidating all new and improved systems into board management practice.

This notice takes effect the day after the date of publication.

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of April 2005.

DAVID BENSON-POPE, Associate Minister of Education.