1. Pursuant to clause 34 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 2) 2021 (“Order”), I, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health, hereby declare that the following are exempt from Part 3 of the Order:

1. businesses or services in the exempt area, education entities in the exempt area, public transport services in the exempt area, transport stations in the exempt area, persons whose home or place of residence is in the exempt area and any other person who is in the exempt area.

2. For the purposes of this exemption, the exempt area is defined as the area between:

1. the area beginning at (bounded by the middle of the roads listed below) –
   • commencing at the intersection of Maunsell Road, Tuakau Bridge-Port Waikato Road, and Port Waikato-Waikaretu Road; then
   • proceeding south along Port Waikato-Waikaretu Road to the intersection with Baker Road; then
   • proceeding east along Baker Road to the intersection with Wairamarama-Onewhero Road; then
   • proceeding south along Wairamarama-Onewhero Road to the intersection with Bothwell Loop Road; then
   • proceeding south along Wairamarama-Onewhero Road to the intersection with Bothwell Loop Road; then
   • proceeding east along Bothwell Loop Road to the intersection with Waikaretu Valley Road; then
   • proceeding east along Waikaretu Valley Road to the intersection with State Highway 22; then
   • proceeding north-east along State Highway 22 to the intersection with Glen Murray Road; then
   • proceeding south-east along Glen Murray Road to the intersection with Churchill Road; then
   • proceeding north along Churchill Road until it crosses Opuatia Stream
2. and ending at the following points –

• proceeding in a south west direction along the True Left bank of the Waikato River to: -37.345004, 174.775413
• proceeding in an east direction across the Waikato River to: -37.341763, 174.740745
• proceeding in a south west direction along the True Right bank of the Waikato River to: -37.379948, 174.720722
• proceeding in a generally south easterly direction across the Waikato River to the intersection of Maunsell Road, Tuakau

3. an indicative map of the Exempt Area is set out as appendix 1.
   • If there is any inconsistency between the description of the Exempt Area and the map at appendix 1, the description prevails.

The exemption begins at 11.59pm on 19 February 2021 and ceases on the revocation of the Order (or Part 3 of the Order).

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of February 2021.

Dr ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD Director-General of Health.