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6. For the 2014 year, the South Auckland Middle School will enrol students in Years 7–10. None of the class levels at the school will be single sex.

7. South Auckland Middle School will operate with the following aims, purposes and/or objectives:

• To provide a learning environment that is thorough, innovative and able to be applied for each learner, through his or her individualised education.
• A strong emphasis on thinking skills and on learners understanding how they think and learn (meta-cognition).
• Building of personal character through applied Christian values.

8. This notice shall come into force the day after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of September 2013.

HON HEKIA PARATA, Minister of Education.

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Approval of Ngā Parirau Mātauranga Charitable Trust as Sponsor of Te Kura Hourua ki Whangaruru Establishment Notice

Pursuant to section 158B of the Education Act 1989, I hereby give the following notice.

1. I hereby approve Ngā Parirau Mātauranga Charitable Trust to be a sponsor of a partnership school kura hourua.

2. The name of the sponsor’s school is Te Kura Hourua ki Whangaruru.

3. The sponsor’s school will be located in Whangaruru, Northland.

4. Te Kura Hourua ki Whangaruru will be a co-educational secondary school.

5. Education at Te Kura Hourua ki Whangaruru may be given for Years 9–14.

6. The establishment of this school is to be phased in over two years. For the year 2014, the school will enrol students in Years 9–13. As from 2015, the school will enrol students in Years 9–14. None of the class levels at Te Kura Hourua ki Whangaruru will be single sex.

7. Te Kura Hourua ki Whangaruru will operate with the following aim, purpose and objective:

• To provide a secondary schooling option in an authentic cultural, land and water environment that engages, excites and expects great things of every learner.

8. This notice shall come into force the day after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of September 2013.

HON HEKIA PARATA, Minister of Education.

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Approval of He Puna Marama Charitable Trust as Sponsor of Te Kura Hourua O Whangarei Terenga Paraoa Establishment Notice

Pursuant to section 158B of the Education Act 1989, I hereby give the following notice.

1. I hereby approve He Puna Marama Charitable Trust to be a sponsor of a partnership school kura hourua.

2. The name of the sponsor’s school is Te Kura Hourua O Whangarei Terenga Paraoa.

3. The sponsor’s school will be located in the Whangarei Central Business District.

4. Te Kura Hourua O Whangarei Terenga Paraoa will be a co-educational composite school.

5. Education at Te Kura Hourua O Whangarei Terenga Paraoa may be given for Years 7–13.

6. The establishment of Te Kura Hourua O Whangarei Terenga Paraoa is to be phased in over four years. For the 2014 year, the school will enrol students in Years 9–13. From the 2017 year, Te Kura Hourua O Whangarei Terenga Paraoa will enrol students in Years 7–13. None of the class levels at Te Kura Hourua O Whangarei Terenga Paraoa will be single sex.

7. Te Kura Hourua O Whangarei Terenga Paraoa will operate with the following aims, purposes and objectives:

• Kaupapa Māori philosophy that validates Māori culture and a Māori world view;
• innovative, ākonga-centred education that provides progressive pedagogy, a constructivist approach and personalised learning;
• collaborative partnerships with whānau, local schools and tertiary institutions; and
• evidence-based development – through evidence, either Kaupapa Māori or mainstream research and/or data, develop the kura to be a responsive, 21st century learning organisation for ākonga, that has at its heart a Māori whakaaro.

8. This notice shall come into force the day after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of September 2013.

HON HEKIA PARATA, Minister of Education.

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Approval of Advance Training Centres Limited as Sponsor of the Vanguard Military School Establishment Notice

Pursuant to section 158B of the Education Act 1989, I hereby give the following notice.

1. I hereby approve Advance Training Centres Limited to be a sponsor of a partnership school kura hourua.

2. The name of the sponsor’s school is Vanguard Military School.

3. The sponsor’s school will be located in Albany.

4. The Vanguard Military School will be a co-educational secondary school.

5. Education at the Vanguard Military School may be given for Years 11–13.

6. The establishment of the Vanguard Military School is to be phased in over two years. For the 2014 year, the Vanguard Military School will enrol students in Years 11–12. From the 2015 year, the Vanguard Military School will enrol students in class levels 11–13. None of the class levels at the Vanguard Military School will be single sex.