Power outage: 10,000 homes in the dark following power cut

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The North Shore knife attack, benefit dependencies explode, Waikato towns left in the dark, a deadly night on Northland roads and Matariki celebrations kick off in the latest New Zealand Herald Headlines. Video / NZ Herald

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...
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Crews were on their way to assess the issue.

A spokesperson for Transpower said around 10,000 households in Ōtorohanga, Waitomo and Te Kuiti were without power. Photo / 123RF

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.