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Far North business leaders say it's ironic the district has faced a second power outage, a week after Top Energy gave assurances that the supply was reliable.
Power was cut to more than 23,000 homes and businesses just after 5.20pm on Thursday, with the outage covering the entire southern part of the district, including the Bay of Islands, Kaikohe, South Hokianga and Whangaroa.
Lines company Top Energy said it had progressively restored power to all households by midnight.
However, people are s
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