Pursuant to section 68 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002, I, Lynn Ross Bublitz, declare that a state of local emergency exists in the Taranaki Civil Defence Emergency Management Group area.
The state of local emergency comes into force at 8.00pm on 5 July 2007.
This state of local emergency shall terminate at 7.30pm on 12 July 2007.
In the absence of the group controller for whatever reason, the following alternate group controllers are identified in order of precedence:
Anthony Edwin Wilson
Graham Young
Declared By: Lynn R. Bublitz.
Designation: Acting Mayor, New Plymouth District.
Time and Date of Declaration: 7.50pm, 5 July 2007.