Pursuant to section 71 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002, I, Wayne Brown, Mayor of Auckland, extend the state of local emergency declared at 9.27pm on 27 January 2023 for the Auckland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Area owing to the effects of the severe weather event impacting the Auckland Region in late January and February 2023.

The state of local emergency is extended for seven days. It will take effect immediately from the time the initial declaration of the state of emergency (or the last extension) was to expire.

Declared by: Wayne Brown.

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

Time and Date of Declaration: 11.30am on 3 February 2023.