First published MAR 29, 2023 Updated 1 hour ago Only 10 percent of the Red Cross relief fund for post-Gabrielle recovery in Hawkes Bay has been given out - so what's the hold-up? Matthew Scott finds out. Volunteer organisers in the post-cyclone Hawkes Bay recovery are asking where the millions of dollars donated to the recovery effort is going as people are left to 'shovel toxic silt one spadeful at a time'. The Red Cross New Zealand Disaster Fund has collected almost $18 million in the past six weeks.

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