A kite flown on the end of electric fence tape crashed into 11kV powerlines causing a flash over and blowing out power to a nearby house.
Fortunately the young boy flying the kite was not injured but the incident has prompted authorities to warn people about safety around powerlines.
Northpower spokesman Steve Macmillan said the boy was on a property at Aranga, 34km northwest of Dargaville, last week flying a kite when the kite string went across the lines causing a flash over and blowing fuses in that section of the line.
"The fuses must have blown in time to prevent any significant damage to the line but power was cut to the house," Mr Macmillan said.
"We were called to attend to the fault. The fault man only had to replace the fuses."
Mr Macmillan said people needed to use common sense because electricity was dangerous.