Find out how the New Zealand Disaster Fund is being spent to support communities affected by Cyclone Gabrielle and the January and February severe weather events.

This page is updated fortnightly.

New Zealand Disaster Fund – the numbers

As at 31 May 2023, we have committed around $8.9 million to initiatives supporting people affected by the cyclone and other severe weather events. The Fund has received $25 million in donations.

Partnership Grants Programme 

This Programme gives funds to community organisations and other entities supporting community recovery.

  • Total approximate spent or committed: $7.64 million
  • Total Community Support Grants approved: 71 grants
  • Total Community Enable Grants approved: 37 grants
  • Total grant applications received: 269
  • Approximate programme budget: $10 million

See a breakdown of the Partnership Grants Programme spend-to-date

Response and Recovery Programme

This programme focuses on supporting immediate response work and community-led recovery work by providing goods, services and people.

Equipment: Providing goods and materials to support community response and recovery. For example generators, first aid kits, dehumidifiers, water blasters or clean-up kits.

New Zealand Red Cross response: For example, providing free psychosocial training to communities, travel and equipment for Disaster Welfare and Support Team members to support local Civil Defence Emergency Management Group requirements.  

  • Total approximate spent or committed: $1.2 million
  • People trained in Psychological First Aid: 402 people in 29 courses
  • Approximate programme budget: $10 million

See a breakdown of the Response and Recovery Programme spend-to-date

Investment Programme 

This programme covers preparing communities for future disasters and emergencies. This includes activities like community resilience workshops and stocking community centres with emergency equipment.

  • Total funds spent so far: Nil $-
  • Approximate programme budget: $5 million

Partnership Grants Programme spend

May 2023

Organisation

Region

Amount

Purpose

Akerama Marae 

Northland 

$31,997 

Repair wharekai, remove debris, and replace chiller.

Heretaunga Women's Centre

Hawke’s Bay

$53,260

Counselling for vulnerable women.

Hookmade Ltd

Hawke’s Bay

$70,000

Clean-up crews and related expenses.

Napier Free Kindergarten Association

Hawke’s Bay

$21,130

Emotional wellbeing for teachers and tamariki.

Heart Psychological Assessment & Treatment Services Ltd / HEART Collective

All affected areas

$50,000

Professional mental health and wellbeing support.

Mt Erin Group Ltd

Hawke’s Bay 

$20,000

Clean up tools and mental health support for apple growers.

Tangoio Marae

Hawke’s Bay

$30,000

Community support. 

KiwiHarvest

All affected areas

$50,000

Food support.

Maraenui Rugby & Sports Association Incorporated

Hawke’s Bay

$25,000

Restoring club operations and reinstating activities.

Ascende Global Trust

Hawke’s Bay

$37,000

Clean-up assistance and providing food and hygiene products.

Mana Mentoring Youth & Community Trust

All affected areas

$50,000

Helping whanau deal with mental health challenges.

Napier Meats Limited

Hawke’s Bay

$40,000

Providing food to the community.

Barnardos New Zealand

Tairāwhiti Gisborne

$30,000

Survival kits and food vouchers for families.

Pōrangahau Sports Club

Hawke’s Bay

$40,000

Safe service hub.

Nga Purapura Watene Mauri O Te Roopu Kotahi Incorporated

All affected areas

$50,000

Food parcels, household care packs, hygiene kits, access to temporary water.

Wainui School Friends of Wainui Community Group

Auckland

$14,875

School counselling in affected rural communities.

Waiwhare Community Centre Incorporated

Hawke’s Bay

$15,000

Community assistance to farmers.

Mates of Hawke's Bay Charitable Trust

Hawke’s Bay 

$200,000

Free mental health programmes.

Te Rima Ōrau

Hawke’s Bay

$7,000

Mental wellbeing and future preparedness.

Visionwest Community Trust

Auckland

$49,500

Counselling and trauma support services.

Gisborne District Council

Tairāwhiti Gisborne

$65,520

Emergency response stretchers.

Petāne Marae

Napier

$39,364

Clean up mobilisation and provisions for affected whānau.  

Te Ngati Hinewera Trust

Hawke’s Bay

$12,000

Repairing homes.

Matakohe Community Group

Northland 

$3,000

Generators.

Buzzy Bee Trust

Hawke’s Bay

$7,500

Mental health and community wellbeing.

Takahiwai Marae Committee

Northland

$10,000

Emergency response equipment.

The Key To Life Charitable Trust

Hawke’s Bay

$167,360

Free counselling for affected youth and young people.

Nurturing Families

Auckland

$48,000

Assistance for affected families.

Napier Family Centre 

Hawke’s Bay

$100,000

Family and wellbeing support.

Basketball HB

Hawke’s Bay

$15,000

Subsidy for affected communities.

REEMI

Auckland

$25,000

Menstrual products.

Tamatea Rugby & Sports Club Inc.

Hawke’s Bay

$50,000

Clubroom has been used to house displaced whanau from Waiohiki.

Hastings Hibernian Sports Club

Hawke’s Bay

$3,000

Community wellbeing.

Tiniroto Community and Te Reinga Marae

Tairāwhiti Gisborne

$20,432

Septic tank cleaning.

Omaha Marae Trust

Northland

$50,000

Building repairs, replacing mattresses, and water filtration system.

MSFT Productions

Hawke’s Bay

$60,000

Community wellbeing events.

Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club Inc

Auckland

$30,758

Generator.

The Evergreen Foundation

Hawke’s Bay

$300,000

Clean up assistance and community connectivity in rural areas.

 

Ko Wai Tōu Ingoa Hauora Charitable Trust

Hawke’s Bay

$5,000

Community meals and transport.

Student Volunteer Army

All affected areas

$100,000  

Disaster response related expenses.

Whakatokia te Pura Pura

Auckland

$50,000

Food parcels for flood affected families.

Te Iwi o Rakaipaaka Inc.

Hawke’s Bay

$50,000

Wananga for whānau.

NZ Limited Licence Ltd

Tairāwhiti Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay   

$45,000

Community clean up.

Te Poho o Hinemihi Marae

Hawke’s Bay

$50,000

Accommodation, water filtration, food, clothing, and storage.

Ngati Kere Pōrangahau Flood Response

Hawke’s Bay

$50,000

Temporary housing and food for displaced community.

Epic Ministries Inc

Hawke’s Bay

$105,250

Repairing damaged homes.

Debt Relief Foundation

All affected areas

$70,000

Increase capacity to respond to affected communities.

Toha Foundry Limited

Tairāwhiti Gisborne

$120,000

Community recovery for individuals.

Esk Valley Hub

Hawke’s Bay

$50,000

Community clean up.

Diocese of Waiapu, Taradale Anglican Church

Hawke’s Bay

$20,000

Community clean up.

Citizens Advice Bureau Napier Inc

Hawke’s Bay

$10,000

Community support.

Barnados New Zealand

Tairāwhiti Gisborne

$65,918

Supporting mental wellbeing of affected children.

Baderdrive Community Trust

Auckland

$160,000

Doctors doing home visits to affected families in Mangere.  

Age Concern Napier

Hawke’s Bay

$50,000

Food, clothing bedding and temporary accommodation for older people.

Ahuriri Tributaries Catchment Group Trust

Hawke’s Bay

$8,300

Seminar evenings for community wellbeing.

Piha Ratepayers & Residents Association

Auckland

$50,000

Financial support for red and yellow stickered households.

Breckenridge Water Company

Hawke’s Bay

$50,000

Repairing water pumps for 22 houses.

Te Kawau Community Water Supply Association

Auckland

$40,000

Generator for emergency water supply.

HB Clean Up Crew

Hawke’s Bay

$36,603

Funding for new tools and equipment, fuel, diggers and truck hire for the cleanup team.

Piha Memorial RSA

Auckland

$10,000

Purchase and install of a new generator.

Sri Lankan Society of New Zealand

Auckland

$15,000

Funding for accommodation, food and clothing needs.

Muriwai Community Recovery Charitable Trust

Auckland

$50,000

Funding to purchase food and petrol vouchers for affected people.

Manawa Ora Hawke's Bay Trust

Hawke’s Bay

$50,000

Temporary accommodation.

Acrnr Limited

Hawke’s Bay

$25,000

Funding for clearing flood debris and making properties safe and secure

Elite Finishes Contracting

Hawke’s Bay

$50,000

Cleanup and removal of silt for 200 families.

Bay View Community Charitable Trust Incorporated

Hawke’s Bay

$50,000

Funding for community cleanup tools.

Babystart Charitable Trust

Gisborne & Hawke’s Bay

$16,000

Infant and maternal care packages for affected families.

Coromandel Independent Living Trust

Waikato

$70,000

Purchase of a van to provide isolated people with community transport services.

Engage Community Trust

Hawke’s Bay

$32,500

Funding towards counselling, volunteer expenses and equipment purchases for cleanup.

Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated

Hawke’s Bay

$25,000

To support a community event for community resilience.

Federated Farmers

All affected areas

$250,000

Supporting Farmy Army volunteering, for the wellbeing and recovery of rural communities.

Give a Kid a Blanket

Auckland

$30,000

Bedding, warm clothing, food and toiletries for affected families.

Life Education Trust

Tairāwhiti Gisborne

$16,000

Providing Life Education programmes in Tairawhiti and Wairoa for primary and intermediate schools, kura and some secondary schools.

Love Soup Charitable Trust

Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne

$28,987

Purchasing food and supplies for those that are directly impacted or helping with the cleanup.

Nevertheless

Hawke’s Bay

$42,000

Psychosocial support for the Hawke’s Bay region through a Māori and Pasifika lens through free mental health workshops.

South Kaipara Good Food

Kaipara

$50,000

To provide emergency food and supplies to the Kaipara community.

Te Houhanga Marae

Northland

$20,968

Funding to support the purchase of bedding, clean-up supplies and food.

Whānau Focus Centre (Kaipara Abuse Prevention)

Northland

$29,949

Funding to help with the mental health and wellbeing of 30 families.

Ngā Toi Hawke's Bay

Hawke’s Bay

$32,000

Cleanup tools and supplies and well-being support.

Kindness Collective Foundation

All affected areas

$100,000

Winter clothing, food, toiletries, whiteware, baby essentials, and school uniforms for affected families.

One Voice Community Services Trust

Hawke’s Bay

$50,000

Providing vouchers for fuel, food, clothing, cleanup gear and bedding for volunteers.

Puketapu School Parent League

Hawke’s Bay

$100,000

Helping families in the community get back on their feet through clothing, furniture, appliances and financial assistance for utility and food bills.

April 2023

Organisation Region Amount Purpose

Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council

Gisborne

$37,000

Food parcels and basic needs support for families in Gisborne.

Esk Valley Hub

Hawke’s Bay

$44,870

Temporary accommodation.

The Period Place

All affected areas

$5,000

Purchase and distribution of women’s menstrual products for affected communities.

Ngaa Hapu Hauora o Waiariki Discretionary trust

Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay

$40,000

Essential household items such as food, health and welfare, cleanup supplies, as well as emergency housing advocacy.

Radio Hawke's Bay

Hawke’s Bay

$5,000

Mental wellbeing.

Buttabean Motivation (BBM)

All affected areas

$100,000

Food parcels.

Hawke's Bay District Council

Hawke’s Bay

$1,000,000 

Towards the Hawke’s Bay Disaster Relief Trust to provide support for yellow and red stickered properties across Hawke’s Bay, as well as waste removal.

Ngāti Pārau Trust

Hawke’s Bay

$70,000

Water pumps, building assessments and temporary shelter for the community.

March 2023

Organisation

Region

Amount

Purpose

Wider Piha Community Funding request

Piha, Auckland

$39,000

Cleanup costs and funding to fix water issues.

The Salvation Army

All affected areas

$94,500

Purchase of food products for 727 food parcels.

Wairoa Liveable Homes Fund Request

Wairoa

$1,108,900

Liveable homes assessment.

Response and Recovery Programme spend

Ongoing

Organisation Region Amount Purpose

New Zealand Red Cross psychosocial support

All affected areas

$50,000

Free psychosocial support workshops for affected areas.

April 2023

Organisation Region Amount Purpose

Te Karaka Household Bundles Pilot

 Gisborne  $300,000 Replacing damaged household goods and furniture for red and yellow stickered homes.

March 2023

Organisation Region Amount Purpose

New Zealand Red Cross

All affected areas

$317,000

Providing over 1,000 household clean-up kits.

Student Volunteer Army

Hawke’s Bay

$2,112 

First Aid Kits.

Pakowhai School Hawke’s Bay  $4,699 AED and First Aid Kits.

Wairoa District Council

 

Wairoa

 

$62,230

 

Civil defence centre equipment, mattresses, UHF radios and water blasters.

February and March 2023

Organisation Region Amount Purpose

Napier City Council

Napier, Hawke’s Bay

$196,384

36 emergency generators.

New Zealand Red Cross – Disaster Welfare and Support teams

All affected areas

$51,000

Our volunteers logged over 8,000 hours working alongside lead agencies in Civil Defence Centres and community hubs across affected areas. Includes the purchase and replacement of emergency equipment.

New Zealand Red Cross

Northland

$17,083

Generators for the Far North.

February 2023

Organisation

Region

Amount

Purpose

Esk Valley Community Trust

Hawke’s Bay

$97,678

Generators.

Note: Figures provided are as accurate as possible as at 31 May 2023 given the rapid nature of grant allocation. Figures may change slightly in our annual reporting as we complete our audit process.