LATEST: Up to a third of the North Island has been struck by major power cuts this afternoon.
Genesis Energy confirmed about 30 per cent of the North Island had been affected by outages.
Vector said electricity had been cut to thousands of Auckland customers from north of the Harbour Bridge to Wellsford, and Hillsborough in the west had also been affected.
However the company had been advised it could begin restoring power to its Auckland customers.
Meanwhile, further power outages had been reported in the Wellington region.
Stuff readers across Wellington, Lower Hutt and as far north as Whitby said the power had been out for nearly an hour.
Saeran Maniparathy said they lived in Normandale and nothing would work.
"We were in the Lower Hutt CBD and there was no power there either. Queensgate mall had no power. We have friends in Whitby,
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
