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To this end it has put in place the Ultra-fast Broadband Initiative to assist and encourage the private sector to invest in early deployment of fibre, with a particular focus on sectors that are expected to yield the greatest productivity benefits.

The Government has the following objective for ultra-fast broadband:

“To accelerate the roll-out of ultra-fast broadband to 75 percent of New Zealanders over 10 years, concentrating in the first six years on priority broadband users such as businesses, schools and health services, plus greenfield developments and certain tranches of residential areas.”

The UFB Objective will be supported by a Government investment of up to $1.35 billion, which will be at least matched by private sector investment and will be directed to open-access infrastructure (UFB Initiative).

Through the Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI), the Government has also subsidised ultra-fast broadband infrastructure in the rural sector. This subsidy complements investment by RBI Partners. The RBI will provide fibre connections to schools and hospitals, as well as business and households that are located on new fibre routes.

The provision of efficient ultra-fast broadband infrastructure requires that businesses have the confidence and incentives to make investments in new or upgraded ultra-fast broadband infrastructure.

Particular issues arise in the way services are or may be regulated under Part 2 of the Telecommunications Act 2001. The way in which the prices, revenues and/or quality of goods and services produced by these businesses is regulated or controlled can affect their incentives to invest in new or upgraded ultra-fast broadband infrastructure.

Economic Policy Objectives

The Government’s economic policy objective is that businesses have incentives to innovate and invest in new or upgraded ultra-fast broadband infrastructure for the long term benefit of end users.

The Government considers that this objective will be achieved by:

1. regulatory stability, transparency and predictability giving businesses the confidence to make long-life investments;
2. regulation taking full account of the long-term risks to consumers of under-investment in new or upgraded ultra-fast broadband infrastructure.
3. ensuring that any price regulation proposed under Schedule 3 of the Telecommunications Act 2001, that may occur in the future, recognises that revenues, over the life of the assets, are sufficient to cover efficient operating costs and a normal return on, and recovery of, capital invested; and
4. ensuring any price regulation proposed under Schedule 3 of the Telecommunications Act 2001 takes into account the start-up risks associated with introduction of new technology.

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Education

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of September 2011.

HON ANNE TOLLEY, Minister of Education.

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Education Act 1989

Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu – The Correspondence School Board of Trustees (Te Kura) Notice 2011

This notice is published pursuant to section 95 of the Education Act 1989.

Notice

1. Te Kura’s Board of Trustees shall be constituted as follows:
   (a) A chairperson appointed by the Minister of Education; and
   (b) up to six members appointed by the Minister of Education.
2. The appointment of a trustee may be for a term not exceeding three years.
3. The Correspondence School Board of Trustees Notice 2009 published in the New Zealand Gazette, 30 April 2009, No. 57, page 1340, is revoked.
4. This notice takes effect on the day after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of September 2011.

HON ANNE TOLLEY, Minister of Education.

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Glenelg Health Camp School (3349) Closure Notice

Pursuant to section 154 of the Education Act 1989, I hereby declare that Glenelg Health Camp School, Christchurch, will close on 27 January 2012 and will cease to be established on that day.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of October 2011.

HON ANNE TOLLEY, Minister of Education.

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Health Camp School (Otago-Southland) (3814) Closure Notice

Pursuant to section 154 of the Education Act 1989, I hereby declare that Health Camp School (Otago-Southland), Roxburgh, will close on 27 January 2012, and will cease to be established on that day.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of October 2011.

HON ANNE TOLLEY, Minister of Education.

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Northland Health Camp School (1057) Closure Notice

Pursuant to section 154 of the Education Act 1989, I hereby declare that Northland Health Camp School, Maunu, will close on 27 January 2012 and will cease to be established on that day.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of October 2011.

HON ANNE TOLLEY, Minister of Education.

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Tamaki Intermediate (1527) Closure Notice

Pursuant to section 154 of the Education Act 1989, I hereby declare that Tamaki Intermediate will close on 27 January 2013 and will cease to be established on that day.

In 2012, the school will enrol Year 8 students only.