How the Fund is being spent
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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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The Evergreen Foundation |
Hawke’s Bay |
$300,000 |
Clean up assistance and community connectivity in rural areas.
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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. |
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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 |
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| Organisation | Region | Amount | Purpose |
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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. |
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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. |
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Buttabean Motivation (BBM) |
All affected areas |
$100,000 |
Food parcels. |
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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. |
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Ngāti Pārau Trust |
Hawke’s Bay |
$70,000 |
Water pumps, building assessments and temporary shelter for the community. |
March 2023 |
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Organisation |
Region |
Amount |
Purpose |
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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 |
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| Organisation | Region | Amount | Purpose |
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New Zealand Red Cross psychosocial support |
All affected areas |
$50,000 |
Free psychosocial support workshops for affected areas. |
April 2023 |
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| Organisation | Region | Amount | Purpose |
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Te Karaka Household Bundles Pilot |
Gisborne | $300,000 | Replacing damaged household goods and furniture for red and yellow stickered homes. |
March 2023 |
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| Organisation | Region | Amount | Purpose |
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New Zealand Red Cross |
All affected areas |
$317,000 |
Providing over 1,000 household clean-up kits. |
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Student Volunteer Army |
Hawke’s Bay |
$2,112 |
First Aid Kits. |
| Pakowhai School | Hawke’s Bay | $4,699 | AED and First Aid Kits. |
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Wairoa District Council
|
Wairoa
|
$62,230
|
Civil defence centre equipment, mattresses, UHF radios and water blasters. |
February and March 2023 |
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| Organisation | Region | Amount | Purpose |
|
Napier City Council |
Napier, Hawke’s Bay |
$196,384 |
36 emergency generators. |
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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 |
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Organisation |
Region |
Amount |
Purpose |
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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.