Declaration of a State of Local Civil Defence Emergency Pursuant to section 52 of the Civil Defence Act 1983, I, Alasdair David Thompson, hereby declare a state of local civil defence emergency to be in force in the Thames Valley Combined District, or in that part specified below: Thames-Coromandel District, Waihi and Paeroa Ward of the Hauraki District, Te Aroha Ward of the Matamata-Piako District. The state of local civil defence emergency shall come into force on the time and date of the making of this declaration. Declared by: A. D. Thompson. Designation: Mayor of Administering Authority. Time and Date of Declaration: 1711 hours, 30 December 1996.