Contractors accidentally cut water supply in Northcote

Water supply has been cut to the Northbridge retirement village in Northcote. Photo / Eldernet

Contractors accidentally cut water supply to a large area of Northcote on Auckland's North Shore for the second time in 24 hours.

Northbridge retirement complex works manager Dave Carter said workers replacing a power line in College Rd accidentally cut a water main at about 11.30am today, stopping water supplies to Northbridge, AUT's North Shore campus and surrounding areas.

Water is flooding down a hill past two houses.

Watercare has dispatched water tankers to supply water to the affected area.

Another cut at the same place at about 4pm yesterday cut water supplies to the same area, forcing the closure of AUT's campus from 5pm.

Carter said Northbridge residents coped without water until supplies were restored at about 7pm last night.

"Our people are the generation that are used to coping, so it was not too much of an issue," he said.

"It caused us problems, obviously, with the large kitchen that we have at the rest home and the cafe and all that sort of thing."

He said lunch had already been prepared for residents when the latest cut occurred this morning.

He said last night's cut also affected The Warehouse and other businesses in The Warehouse Way.

Watercare said water tankers have been dispatched to the site.

An AUT spokesman said mains water to its campus has been rerouted by Watercare and restored just before 1pm.

"We apologise for any inconvenience this incident caused to students."