Northpower Chief Executive Mark Gatland is asking the public to remain patient as lines crews continue to restore power in Kaipara and Whangarei.
"In high wind and storm events, conditions are obviously very challenging and the safety of our staff is critical. They have to work very carefully to ensure they can keep themselves safe in order to keep the public safe. Due to the high winds and rain they cannot afford to rush repairs. They are doing a great job out there and as always, they will get the power back on as soon as they can," Mr Gatland said.
"We have a number of outages right now - many of them due to large trees across lines - but we expect the weather conditions to ease throughout the day and we will continue to provide outage updates as they come to hand."
Thousands of Northpower customers are still affected by power outages, says Mr Gatland. Power has been restored to parts of Taipuha, Brynderwyns, Portland, Whatitiri, Tutukaka and Turiwiri. However, power supply has recently been lost in Kaiwaka, Mangawhai and Jordan Valley.
Areas still without power include Maungaturoto, Whakapirau, Langs Beach, Ngunguru, and Kensington (Russell Rd only).