Pursuant to section 68 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002, I, Jamie William Cleine, further extend the state of local emergency declared at 1.15pm on Friday 16 July 2021, which I previously extended at 10.45am on Friday 23 July 2021, for Buller District owing to risks to persons as a result of flooding (river) and coastal inundation.

This extension comes into force at 1.15pm on Friday 30 July 2021 and will expire at 1.15pm on Friday 6 August 2021.

Declared by: Jamie William Cleine.

Designation: Mayor of the district in which the state of emergency is declared.

Time and Date of Declaration: 10.49am on 29 July 2021.