Associate Education Minister David Seymour. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii
The government has formally revoked the official notice of its charter school contract with a trust that never existed.
But the sports-focused school in Trentham will still go ahead.
In October, Associate Education Minister David Seymour published a notice in the New Zealand Gazette announcing the Charter School Agency had contracted the NZPAA Charitable Trust to set up a charter school.
But the Charities Register had no records of such a trust and this week Seymour published another Gazette notice revoking the October notice.
"By reason of an error made in the notice, the undersigned revokes the Charter School Establishment notice dated 27 October 2025 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 31 October 2025, Notice No. 2025-go6168," it said.
The Charter School Agency said a Gazette notice of a new contract for the school would be posted shortly.
"We do not anticipate any impact on plans for the school to open in February next year," it said.
The agency previously explained the mistake happened because the school's sponsor changed its arrangements during the process.
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