Pursuant to section 94B of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002, I, Justin Mark Lester, give notice that a local transition period exists in Wellington owing to the sequence of earthquakes which commenced on 14 November 2016.

The transition period comes into force immediately on the date of this notice.

The Recovery Manager for the purposes of the transition period is Michael Anthony Mendonça.

The transition period expires 28 days after the date on which the notice of the transition period is given.

Declared by: Justin Mark Lester, Mayor of Wellington.

Declared at: Wellington on 14 December 2016.