Power is now fully restored to Gisborne and the East Coast, in time for the Christmas holidays. Final repairs to the high voltage lines near Hangaroa, damaged in a plane accident at the start of last week, were completed on Sunday 18 December four hours ahead of schedule. Now that the region’s power supply is… Read more »
After a light plane crashed into the high voltage lines near Hangaroa, severing the region’s connection to the national grid, Eastland Network crews have been working to get power fully restored and secured. This morning’s planned power outage was necessary to complete the most high-risk final repairs, and was scheduled to last from 6am to… Read more »
Gisborne and the East Coast will be without power on Sunday, 18 December, while final repairs to the high voltage lines are completed. Eastland Network’s crews are making a final push today to get everything ready for tomorrow’s power outage. From 6am until around 2pm on Sunday 18 December, the power to Gisborne and the… Read more »
By the end of this weekend, Gisborne and the East Coast should be operating at full power once again. Eastland Network general manager, Brent Stewart, has confirmed that the electricity will be turned off from 6am until around 2pm this Sunday, 18 December. This is to complete final repairs to the high voltage lines… Read more »
Electricity was restored to Gisborne and the East Coast by 6.50pm Tuesday, but more than 40,000 residents have been asked to prepare for a further 8 hours without power on Sunday. Eastland Network general manager, Brent Stewart, says power right across the district will be shut down from 6am until 2pm on Sunday, 18 December,… Read more »
Eastland Network general manager Brent Stewart has confirmed electricity was fully restored to the Gisborne and East Coast region by 6.50pm this evening. Most of the Tairawhiti region lost power at 8.57am yesterday, when a topdressing plane crashed into high voltage powerlines near Hangaroa. More than 40,000 residents have been without electricity since then, and line… Read more »
Gisborne and East Coast residents can look forward to hot showers and home-cooked meals very soon, as Eastland Network begins the process of restoring power to more than 20,000 homes and business across the Tairawhiti region. The network’s general manager Brent Stewart says line mechanics working in the remote Hangaroa region have completed repairs to… Read more »
Electricity is likely to be restored to Gisborne and the East Coast before nightfall as Eastland Network crews continue to repair the high voltage lines near Hangaroa. The 110kV lines were struck by a light fixed wing plane at about 9am yesterday morning, and most homes and businesses in Gisborne and the East Coast have… Read more »
Repairs to the damaged high voltage lines near Gisborne are progressing well, says Eastland Network general manager Brent Stewart. The 110kV lines were struck by a light fixed wing plane at about 9am yesterday morning, and most homes and businesses in Gisborne and the East Coast have been without electricity ever since. As Gisborne residents… Read more »
About 40,000 people are still without power this morning but Eastland Network crews continue to work on high voltage lines near Hangaroa, south of Gisborne, after a light plane crash interrupted electricity supply to the entire East Coast yesterday. General manager Brent Stewart says crews worked during the night but had to stand down briefly as… Read more »
