24 OCTOBER 2013 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144

published in the New Zealand Gazette, 29 October 2009, No. 157, page 3810, is amended as follows:

1. NAG 2 of the principal notice is deleted and replaced with the following guideline:

“NAG 2
Each board of trustees, with the principal and teaching staff, is required to:

(a) develop a strategic plan which documents how they are giving effect to the National Education Guidelines through their policies, plans and programmes, including those for curriculum, Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori and/or National Standards*, aromatawai and/or assessment, and staff professional development;

(b) maintain an on-going programme of self-review in relation to the above policies, plans and programmes, including evaluation of information on student achievement; and

(c) report to students and their parents on the achievement of individual students, and to the school’s community on the achievement of students as a whole and of groups (identified through NAG 1(c) above) including the achievement of Māori students against the plans and targets referred to in 1(e) above.”

2. NAG 2A of the principal notice is deleted and replaced with the following guideline:

“NAG 2A
Where a school has students enrolled in years 1–8, the board of trustees, with the principal and teaching staff, is required to, in alignment with requirements set in NAG 1, use Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori and/or National Standards to:

(a) report to students and their parents on the student’s progress and achievement in relation to Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori and/or National Standards. Reporting to parents in plain language in writing must occur at least twice a year;

(b) report to the Secretary for Education by 1 March school-level data on Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori and/or National Standards under four headings:

(i) school strengths and identified areas for improvement;

(ii) the basis for identifying areas for improvement;

(iii) planned actions for lifting achievement; and

(iv) how students are progressing in relation to Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori and/or National Standards.

(c) report to the Secretary for Education by 1 March on the numbers and proportions of students achieving Manawa Toa, Manawa Ora, Manawa Āki, Manawa Taki in relation to Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori and/or at, above, below or well below National Standards, including by Māori, Pasifika, European/Pākehā, Asian, gender, and by year level.

(d) report the NAG 2A (b) and NAG 2A (c) Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori and/or National Standards information in the format prescribed by the Secretary for Education from time to time.”

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

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of October 2013.

HON HEKIA PARATA, Minister of Education.

Schools that have students in years 1–8 that use The New Zealand Curriculum must use National Standards for those students and schools that have students in years 1–8 that use Te Marautanga o Aotearoa must use Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori for those students.

Environment

Crown Entities Act 2004

Appointment to the Environmental Protection Authority

Pursuant to section 28(1)(a) of the Crown Entities Act 2004, I appoint

Nicola Crauford

as a member of the Environmental Protection Authority for a term commencing 21 October 2013 and expiring on 1 July 2016.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of October 2013.

HON AMY ADAMS, Minister for the Environment.

Health

Medicines Act 1981

Consent to the Distribution of New Medicines

Pursuant to section 20 of the Medicines Act 1981, the Minister of Health hereby consents to the distribution in New Zealand of the new medicines set out in the Schedule hereto:

Schedule

Product: Dexamethasone-hameln

Active Ingredient: Dexamethasone sodium phosphate 4.37mg equivalent to Dexamethasone phosphate 4mg

Dosage Form: Solution for injection

New Zealand Sponsor: Max Health Limited

Manufacturer: Hameln Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Hameln, Germany