A first class cricket game was the major casualty as rain fell in Hawke's Bay during the weekend.
The one-day match between first-class sides Central District and Northern Districts yesterday was to have been played at McLean Park, Napier.
Following heavy overnight rain, and generally wetter weather since Thursday, the game was cancelled about the time of the scheduled start at 11am.
Two outdoor concerts in Havelock North and Hastings were also cancelled, while an outdoor showing of New Zealand movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople, which was to have been at Bay Skate on Napier's Marine Parade was transferred indoors to Pettigrew Green Arena about 8km away in Taradale.
According to MetService , the Hawke's Bay Airport weather station north of Napier had recorded close to 50mm of rain in four days.