NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 135 — 10 DECEMBER 2015

6. Principal direction—This Part amends the Ministerial Direction on Eligibility for Social Housing given on 14 April 2014² ("principal direction").

7. Clause 7 amended (Housing need)

After clause 7.3, insert:

7.4 Clause 7.5 applies to a person if, pursuant to clause 7.4 of the Ministerial Direction on Continued Eligibility for Social Housing, the agency determines that a person has declined an offer to be let social housing by a social housing provider without (in the opinion of the agency) a good and sufficient reason.

7.5 If the person applies again to be assessed as eligible to be allocated social housing within a period of 13 weeks after declining that offer, then his or her declining of that offer without a good and sufficient reason must be taken into account as a material factor, along with any material change of circumstances of the person or any person included in that offer, in assessing whether the person has a persistent housing need that is serious or severe.

7.6 In clause 7.5, person included in that offer has the same meaning as person included in the offer in clause 7.8 of the Ministerial Direction on Continued Eligibility for Social Housing.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of November 2015.

Hon BILL ENGLISH, Minister of Finance (also exercising the powers of the Minister of Housing under the authority of the Prime Minister).

Hon PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Housing (also exercising the powers of the Minister for Social Development under the authority of the Prime Minister).

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the instrument, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This instrument, which comes into force on 25 January 2016, amends the Ministerial Directions on Continued Eligibility for Social Housing and Eligibility for Social Housing respectively. The amendments apply to people who decline an offer to be let social housing by a social housing provider without a good and sufficient reason. The Social Housing Agency must review their continued eligibility for social housing and for the purpose of that review, the person must be considered to not have a persistent housing need that is serious or severe. The decline continues to be taken into account as a material factor for any subsequent assessment of eligibility for social housing within a period of 13 weeks, along with any material change of circumstances. The amendments also set out examples of good and sufficient reason, and what the Social Housing Agency must do before making a final determination on whether a person had a good and sufficient reason for declining the offer. This instrument is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2012.

1 New Zealand Gazette, 19 June 2014, No. 65, page 1864

2 New Zealand Gazette, 17 April 2014, No. 41, page 1203

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Redesignation of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Whakawātea (282) as a Designated Character School

Pursuant to section 154A of the Education Act 1989, I hereby declare that Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Whakawātea (282) will have its designation as a Kura Kaupapa Māori removed and be re-designated as a designated character kura under section 156 on 27 January 2016. The name of the school will also change on this date.

The new name of the school will be Te Kura Amorangi o Whakawātea.

Designated character for Te Kura Amorangi o Whakawātea

The aims, purposes and objectives that constitute the designated character of Te Kura Amorangi o Whakawātea are as follows:

The whānau of Te Kura Amorangi o Whakawātea commit totally to the guiding principles outlined in their charter:

• To develop the whole person, culturally, spiritually and generally in the broadest sense with special emphasis on emotional intelligence, the arts, sport, superior extracurricular educational experiences and the development of a sense of corporate responsibility with regards to the wider community.
• The historical significance of people who established the schools special character is recognised in the present day running of Whakawātea.

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