Pursuant to section 71 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002, I, Peeni Ereatara Gladwyn Henare, further extend the state of national emergency declared at 12.21pm, on Wednesday 25 March 2020, which I extended at 9.27am on Tuesday, 31 March 2020, over the whole of New Zealand owing to the impact of COVID-19.

This extension comes into force at 12.21pm on Wednesday, 8 April 2020 and will expire at 12.21pm on Wednesday, 15 April 2020.

Declared by: P. E. G. Henare.

Designation: Minister of Civil Defence.

Time and Date of Declaration: 9.25am on 7 April 2020.