Education - Schools with proportional Pacific representation on the board, by decile as at 1 December 2022

Active participation by Pacific parents in planning, development and delivery of education services will help to ensure that those services are appropriate and effective for Pacific students. Pacific representation on boards of trustees is one key mechanism for participation.
Boards of trustees of state schools must hold elections for parent representatives every three years. A board may also decide to adopt a mid-term election cycle where half of its parent representatives are elected at a mid-term election (18 months after the triennial election) and the remainder are elected at the triennial election.
Triennial elections have been held every three years from 1998. A by-election can occur at any stage in the election cycle if an elected parent representative leaves the board and creates vacancy. Although the major changes in board membership occur in triennial election years, there is still some fluctuation in intervening years due to by-elections and mid-term elections.

太平洋家长在教育服务的规划、开发和实施过程中积极参与，有助于确保这些服务符合太平洋学生的需求和有效性。在信托委员会中的太平洋代表是参与的关键机制之一。公立学校的信托委员会必须每三年举行一次家长代表的选举。委员会还可以决定采用中期选举周期，其中一半的家长代表在中期选举（三年选举后的18个月）中被选出，其余代表则在三年选举中被选出。自1998年以来，三年一次的选举已经每三年举行一次。如果在选举周期的任何阶段，选出的家长代表离职导致空缺，则可能发生补选。尽管委员会成员的主要变化发生在三年选举年，但中期选举和补选仍然会在间隔年份中引起一定程度的不稳定性。