Criteria for selecting co-opted and appointed trustees

The Education Act 1989 sets out the following criteria for selecting co-opted and appointed trustees:

(1) It is desirable, so far as is reasonably practicable,—

(a) that every board should reflect—

(i) the ethnic and socio-economic diversity of the student body of the school or institution; and

(ii) the fact that approximately half the population of New Zealand is male and half female; and

(iii) the character of the school or schools, or institution, it administers; and

(iv) the character of the community (whether geographical or otherwise) served by the school or schools, or institution, it administers; and

(b) that every board should have available from within its membership expertise and experience in management.

(2) A board or person, when co-opting or appointing trustees, shall have regard to subsection (1).