NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 64

10 JUNE 2010

integration agreements have been signed between the Minister of Education on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, acting through the Group Manager, Schools and Student Support, Ministry of Education, pursuant to delegated authority, and the proprietors of the following schools:

Hutt International Boys’ School, Trentham.
St Benedict’s School, Khandallah.
St Bernard’s College, Lower Hutt.
St Brendan’s School, Heretaunga.
St Theresa’s School, Plimmerton.

The said supplementary integration agreements were executed on 4 June 2010.

Copies of the supplementary integration agreements are available for inspection without charge by any member of the public at the local office of the Ministry of Education, 19 Market Grove, Lower Hutt.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of June 2010.

JEREMY WOOD, Group Manager, Schools and Student Support.

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Supplementary Integration Agreements

Pursuant to section 10 of the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975, notice is given that supplementary integration agreements have been signed between the Minister of Education on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, acting through the Group Manager, Schools and Student Support, Ministry of Education, pursuant to delegated authority, and the proprietors of the following schools:

Catholic Cathedral College, Christchurch.
St Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch.

The said supplementary integration agreements were executed on 4 June 2010.

Copies of the supplementary integration agreements are available for inspection without charge by any member of the public at the regional office of the Ministry of Education, 39 Princess Street, Addington, Christchurch.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of June 2010.

JEREMY WOOD, Group Manager, Schools and Student Support.

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Environment

Climate Change Response Act 2002

Ministerial Direction to the Registrar of the New Zealand Emission Unit Register: Issuance of New Zealand Units into the Crown Holding Account in the New Zealand Emissions Unit Register

Having consulted the Minister of Finance and having had regard to all the relevant matters, pursuant to section 68 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002, I direct the Registrar of the New Zealand Emission Unit Register to issue 86 million New Zealand units into the Crown holding account in the New Zealand Emission Unit Registry on 1 July 2010.

I direct the Registrar to identify and "tag" 17 million New Zealand Units as non-exportable, and "tag" 69 million New Zealand Units as suitable for conversion and exportable.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of May 2010.

HON DR NICK SMITH, Minister for Climate Change Issues.

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Ministerial Statement to Accompany Direction to the Registrar of the New Zealand Emission Unit Register

In making the above direction to the Registrar, I have consulted with the Minister of Finance and I have had regard to the following matters specified in section 68 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002:

Section 68(2)(b)(i) The number of units that New Zealand has received, or that the Minister expects New Zealand to receive, under any international agreement

New Zealand has received 309,564,733 Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) under the Kyoto Protocol. New Zealand has elected to receive removal units for net increases in forest sinks (RMUs) at the end of commitment period one (CP1). It is estimated New Zealand will receive 79.9 million RMUs.

Section 68(2)(b)(ii) New Zealand’s international obligations, including any obligation to retire units equal to the number of tonnes of emissions that are emitted in New Zealand

Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, New Zealand has a commitment to adopt policies and measures to mitigate climate change.

New Zealand also has obligations under the Convention’s Kyoto Protocol, whereby it must retire sufficient Kyoto units to cover its total emissions during CP1 or face non-compliance consequences.

The most recent Net Position Report (published in April 2010) projected New Zealand’s total emissions of greenhouse gases for the first commitment period to be 370.9 million tonnes of CO2-e. New Zealand has received 309,564,733 AAUs and expects to receive 79.9 million RMUs.

In other words, New Zealand is currently projected to have more units than emissions. The current projected surplus is 11.4 Mt CO2-e although this will be updated in May 2011. A provision for the Kyoto liability is reported in the Financial Statements of the Crown.

Section 68(2)(b)(iii) The proper functioning of the greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme established under this Act

The proper functioning of the NZ ETS requires the issuance of sufficient NZUs to meet entitlements of post-1989 forestry participants; any entitlements under an allocation plan; and any auctions of NZUs the Crown undertakes.