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Firefighters at the scene of the fire (Photo: Ben Quigan)

Power cut to part of central Auckland

More than 600 vector customers are without power in Auckland’s CBD after an outage this afternoon.

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A blacked out New York City skyline is seen from Brooklyn  (Reuters)

Survival tips for Sandy power outages

Here are some tips on how to handle threats to or loss of electrical power.

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An electrical worker cuts a damaged overhead power line during emergency repairs in Wheaton, Maryland, after violent storms knocked out power to more than 3 million customers (Reuters/Jason Reed)

Lack of power puts damper on July 4th celebrations

Hundreds of thousands from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic were preparing to spend the Fourth of July without electricity and air conditioning.

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More than 200 Powerco staff are involved in rebuilding the network, which suffered its worst ever damage during the storm

Power back in Patea by end of day

About 2000 Powerco customers remain without power following the weekend's storm, but power should be restored to Patea within hours.

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Power has been cut to 12000 homes in Howick

Power cut in Howick, 12000 affected

12000 customers are without power after work men struck an underground cable in Howick.

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Power was expected to be restored by 6pm (file pic)

Power cut hits 10,000 Far North residents

Power has been out since 1pm following the incident, which happened between Kaitaia and Kaikohe.

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The power was out for four hours in Auckland

Powercut costs Auckland’s Clooney restaurant $10k video

The owner of Clooney restaurant in Auckland claims he had to turn 62 customers away.

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Forklift driver may have to pay for Auckland power cut video

Traffic was in chaos, business disrupted and hundreds of thousands left without power in Auckland and Northland.

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Power cut a nightmare for Auckland businesses video

Auckland’s power cut left thousands of businesses right across the city in darkness today, with everyone from shop keepers to doctors given no other option but to simply wait it out.

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