Introduction

All of New Zealand's state and state-integrated schools have a board of trustees.  The board of trustees is the Crown entity responsible for the governance and the control of the management of the school.  The board is the employer of all staff in the school, is responsible for setting the school's strategic direction in consultation with parents, staff, and students, and ensuring that its school provides a safe environment and quality education for all its students.  Boards are also responsible for overseeing the management of personnel, curriculum, property, finance, and administration.  The board is proactive rather than reactive in its operations and decision making and does not involve itself in the administrative details of the day-to-day running of the school.  

Board membership

Trustees are elected by the parent community, staff members and, in the case of schools with students above Year 9, the students.  The principal is also a member of the board.  The board can also co-opt additional trustees. 

Parent and staff trustees are elected every three years and student trustees are elected annually in September.  The 2022 triennial election process has commenced.  For more information, click on the link below.