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More than 500 Whanganui homes left without power following night of power outages

Finn Williams
By Finn Williams
Multimedia journalist·Whanganui Chronicle·
18 May, 2022 12:15 AM2 mins to read

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A truck hitting a power pole kicked off a night of power outages across Whanganui. Photo / Supplied

A truck hitting a power pole kicked off a night of power outages across Whanganui. Photo / Supplied

A total of 521 Powerco customers across Whanganui had their power disconnected during a series of outages on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

According to a Powerco representative, 194 houses in Gonville lost power just after 7pm on Tuesday after a truck hit a power pole on the corner of Heads Road and Carlton Avenue.

Powerco said that as a result of the incident, a further 163 houses also lost power at 7:18pm.

A Powerco field crew was dispatched to make the site safe after the incident and all houses were reconnected by 8:20pm.

A field crew will be returning to replace the damaged pole, according to Powerco.

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In addition, overnight on May 17, there were three separate outages to the northeast of Whanganui.

Powerco said 24 houses in Parakino lost power at 5:30pm on Tuesday evening after trees came into contact with power lines.

A field crew was dispatched this morning to make repairs and houses should be reconnected by midday Wednesday, Powerco said.

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A further 39 homes lost power at 10:34pm Tuesday night in the Brunswick area.

A field crew was dispatched to fix the outage, but Powerco said they were unable to reach the site due to a slip across the road.

The field crew would return Wednesday morning once access to the road was restored, and Powerco said the homes should be restored at around 11:30am Wednesday morning.

On Papaiti Rd 101 homes lost power at 1:52am on Wednesday morning after trees brought down powerlines.

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Power was restored to those houses at about 7am Wednesday morning.

Powerco thanked its customers who were still waiting to be reconnected for their patience.

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