Only five Auckland properties remain without power today nearly two weeks after a destructive storm battered the city.
Lines company Vector says the five homes, which face their 11th day without electricity, are the very last still awaiting reconnection after much of the city was plunged into darkness on Tuesday last week.
The storm brought fierce winds of up to 212km/h at Manukau Heads which uprooted trees, ripped roofs from buildings and knocked out power to 180,000 homes and businesses.
Weather forecasters said it was equivalent in force to a Category 2 cyclone.