Weather: Power outages could last to weekend

Weather: Power outages could last to weekend

Thousands of people in Southland and Otago remain without electricity.

Generators power through storm outages

Reading Time: 3 minutes Half an hour of extreme wind was enough to knock out the power on Southland dairy farmer Bruce Eade’s farm for six days. The storm, just before Labour weekend, caused widespread damage across the South Island farms, leaving thousands without power. “It came and went and tore through everything on the way,” he said. Eade had his power turned back on just before 6pm on October 28, after relying on three generators to keep h…