Civil Defence and Emergency Management

Civil Defence Centres

New Zealand's current COVID-19 Alert Levels status: Alert Level 4 until Tuesday 24 August 2021.

More information on the Alert Levels here: https://covid19.govt.nz/

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CURRENT STATUS: Western Waikato Emergency Operations Centre - deactivated

The Western Waikato Emergency Operations Centre (WWEOC) was established on Thursday 26 March 2020 at 0800hrs to support the Waikato District Health Board's response to COVID-19 at a local level. It operated the civil defence function on behalf of Waipa, Waitomo and Otorohanga territorial authorities. WWEOC was disestablished on Thursday 14 May 2020 as the response was combined with Taupo and South Waikato, based out of Taupo.