24 Mar 2023

3Cricket ODI NZ vs Sri Lanka raises money for Cyclone Gabrielle

From First Up, 5:36 am on 24 March 2023

Proceeds from Saturday's cricket One Day International between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Eden Park will go to help support those affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. ANZ has also pitched in $1 million, with all the money raised to go to the New Zealand Red Cross Disaster Fund. They love their cricket down in Hawke's Bay and Tai Rawhiti, and the areas cricketers were hit hard just like everybody else. Sarah Wynands, is a former White Fern and police detective who works with the Hawke's Bay Regional council. She told Nathan Rarere about the evening when Cyclone Gabrielle hit and her Puketapu home was badly flooded.