Pursuant to section 170(3) of the Education and Training Act 2020 and acting with delegated authority from the Minister of Education, I hereby extend the period for closing nominations and all subsequent actions required by the Education (Board Elections) Regulations 2000, for schools which meet the conditions below.

This extension applies to the by-election of a staff or parent representative, or the first election following establishment of the school, or the first election under section 184 of the Education and Training Act 2020, and

• that had any part of the election take place between 18 August 2021 and 26 October 2021; and
• the election has been affected by the change in alert levels; and
• the school is inside the Auckland Alert Level 3 area described in the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 12); and
• the school requires an extension to the period for closing nominations and all subsequent actions.

The close of nominations for those elections will now be at noon on Friday 12 November 2021 and voting for the elections will now close at 4.00pm on Wednesday 15 December 2021.

This notice takes effect the day of its publication.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of November 2021.

JANN MARSHALL, Pouwhakarae |Te Pae Aronui, Associate Deputy Secretary, Network and School Delivery, Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education.