The Government largely accepted the recommendations, with legislation giving effect to a new era in education coming into force on 1 October 1989.
[1] The members of the task force were: Brian Picot, a businessman, Peter Ramsay, an associate professor of education at the University of Waikato, Margaret Rosemergy, a senior lecturer at the Wellington College of Education, Whetumarama Wereta, a social researcher at the Department of Maori Affairs and Colin Wise, another businessman.
It is recorded that at this initial meeting, there was agreement the proposed report was to be more than a discussion document and expected to be acted upon quickly by the government,[8]: 71–76 and it would be necessary to radically change an education system identified as "too complex and too unresponsive".
The government accepted many of the recommendations in their response Tomorrow's Schools - which became the basis for educational reform in New Zealand starting in 1989.
The recommendation of the task force to provide funding to the boards for payment of salaries, rather than have teachers paid by the government, was rejected at first.