30,000 homes lose power

Wellington, June 19 NZPA - About 30,000 homes on the North Shore lost power tonight after an explosion at a substation.

Power company Vector was working to restore power to a wide area after the blast at the Wairau Road substation.

"The explosion has caused a widespread outage affecting approximately 30,000 households on the North Shore," Vector spokeswoman Philippa White said.

She could not give any indication at that stage when power would be restored.