Teresa Keyzer took this photo of Paihia waterfront.
Northpower has been alerted to about 2000 customers in the Whangarei District who have been experiencing power outages since shortly after 9am.
The areas affected are Hikurangi, Pataua, Ruakaka, McLeod Bay and Parua Bay.
Lines crews have been dispatched to the affected areas and are currently working to repair faults
on four of Northpower's 11,000 volt feeders.
At Whangarei Heads a shed blew through power lines, while trees through lines have caused outages also.
Northpower asks that people report the potential cause of any power outages to the Northpower Faults line - 0800-10-40-40.
