Thousands in South hit as internet cables cut

South Island back online after contractor and rodents cut through fibre cables

Rodents and a contractor had brought down many internet and phone services for the lower South Island, with people across Southland and Otago reporting outages.

Internet outage hits Otago and Southland

A broadband outage is impacting people in the lower-half of the South Island.

Thousands in South hit as internet cables cut

Thousands of people have been affected by a widespread internet outage in the South after hungry rodents and human error cut two cables. People...

Rodents And Contractor Cause Internet Chaos

Rodents and a contracter have brought down many internet and phone services for the lower South Island, after the two main fibre cables supplying the area were severed on the same day.One New Zealand has confirmed rodents chewed through a fibre cable near Dunedin, while the area's second main cable - a back up - was accidentally cut by a contractor, between Gore and Balclutha.Hundreds of people reported internet or phone outages across Southland…