Central city power outage due to fault in transformer

A fault in a power transformer meant nearly 200 customers had their power cut in parts of central Rotorua for about 20 minutes this afternoon.

According to the Unison website, the outage affected customers on Amohau, Eruera, Hinemoa, Pukuatua, Ranolf and Whakatau Sts.

Unison relationship manager Danny Gough said contractors identified the fault and had to "de-energise" the transformer to repair it.

The power went out at 4.03pm and was fully restored about 20 minutes later.