However the cost to New Zealand Insurance Council members was $41.5 million, but those figures includes Horowhenua, Wairarapa and Taranaki.
The cost of repairing damage to urban council infrastructure - Whanganui District Council and Horizons Regional Council - was $1.6million.
The majority of that was needed to repair water and wastewater infrastructure.
Horizons spent $364,000 on the initial recovery, including on staff, field observations and emergency measures.
Whanganui District Council spent an estimated $50,000 of extra staffing costs.
The costs on various emergency response organisations was difficult to determine.
NZ Police brought in an additional 55 staff while Red Cross deployed 12 teams which evacuated about 400 people.