Pursuant to section 49B of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, I hereby give notice that I have declared an adverse event, the incursion of the varroa bee mite Varroa destructor into the South Island, to be a special emergency until 30 June 2007.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of September 2006.
JIM ANDERTON, Minister for Biosecurity.