Pursuant to section 71 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002, I, Robin Hugh Scott, extend the state of local emergency declared at 10.50am on Thursday 8 February 2024, extended at 8.40am on 14 February 2024, extended at 8.15am on 20 February 2024, and further extended at 7.00am on 26 February 2024 for Waiau Aparima Ward, owing to the risk to life and property due to coastal erosion.

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

Declared by: Robin Hugh Scott.

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

Time and Date of Declaration: 7.00am on 26 February 2024.