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Thousands of customers have been affected by a power outage across the King Country region.
A spokesperson for Transpower said around 10,000 households in Ōtorohanga, Waitomo and Te Kuiti were without power.
Update 11.15pm - Thanks for your patience. Power has now been restored to our substation. It may take the local lines...
Meanwhile, further east of the North Island, a Horizon Networks outage map shows 1200 customers in Wainui, south of Whakatāne, are without power due to an unplanned outage.