Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has announced $11.5 million will go towards those responding to Cyclone Gabrielle.
The Prime Minister delivered his post-Cabinet press conference over live-stream, as all domestic flights were grounded due to extreme weather.
ZB's senior political correspondent Barry Soper says that this package will be reallocated from underspent Covid-19 relief funding.
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