A fault at the Transpower substation near Te Puke caused a power outage to thousands this morning.
A Powerco spokeswoman said 13,000 customers lost power in Pāpāmoa and Te Puke around 7.55am.
“This was a Transpower outage. They’ve all since been reconnected.”
Transpower NZ said in a social media post about 8.46am: “We have restored supply in the area from our affected Te Matai substation and you should be starting to get power back on over the next little while.