Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN (Minister for Emergency Management): On 24 March, I announced that the Government would provide $175,000 to the Gisborne District Council for a Tai Rāwhiti mayoral relief fund to support a community that has had to deal with five significant weather events in the past year, alongside COVID. On 25 March, my colleague the Hon Damien O'Connor declared a medium-scale adverse event for the flood damage across the Tai Rāwhiti district and Hawke's Bay region, unlocking $150,000 of Government support for farmers and growers as part of the clean-up. The Ministry of Social Development has activated civil defence payments to those needing immediate support, and New Zealand Defence Force personnel were deployed to the region and distributed food, water, and medical supplies. 