Hawke's Bay

The national operator has declared a grid emergency in the region following a loss of electricity to the region. Transpower said the outage was the result of ...

* “Until we are able to gain access to the substation we will not have a clear picture of how long the region will be without power, but we are advising that the community should be prepared to be without power for days to weeks, rather than hours.” Transpower is warning that people in Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay should be prepared to be without power for “days to weeks, rather than hours”.