Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Toku Mapihi Mourea Pursuant to sections 146 and 155 of the Education Act 1989, the Minister of Education hereby gives the following notice: N o t i c e 1. This notice may be cited as Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Toku Mapihi Mourea. 2. This notice shall come into force on 30 January 1995. 3. I hereby establish at Hamilton, a primary school called Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Toku Mapihi Mourea, and I hereby designate the school as a kura kaupapa Maori. 4. Aims, purposes and objectives of Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Toku Mapihi Mourea. Together with the use of te reo Maori as the principal language of instruction, the following aims, purposes, and objectives constitute the character of Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Toku Mapihi Mourea: (i) To adhere to the principles, and philosophies of Te Aho Matua. (ii) To recognise the value of whanau involvement and to seek to embrace the local community of Tainui Waka. (iii) To create a warm, positive, nurturing, learning environment for the whole whanau. (iv) To provide educational programmes through Maori pedagogy which link identity, language, and knowledge within the Maori cultural context. (v) To provide non-failure learning situations. (vi) To provide equal access to all activities and to emphasise co-operation, tolerance, participation and enjoyment. (vii) To recognise and allow for individual difference. (viii) To be committed to the Treaty of Waitangi and to the spirit of dual heritage. 5. Constitution of the Board of Trustees. The board of trustees of Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Toku Mapihi Mourea shall comprise: (a) Five people appointed by the Minister; (b) The principal, or principal designate; (c) Not more than four persons co-opted by the board. Dated this 14th day of July 1994. LOCKWOOD SMITH, p.h.d., Minister of Education.