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More than a thousand homes are without power in the upper North Island as a series of short and intense thunderstorms move across the region.
Power Co reported an outage affecting over 1300 properties in the Waikato town of TΔ«rau.
Residents in Muriwai - south of Gisborne have also taken to social media to report power cuts and torrential rain.
Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for the Far North in the Kaeo, Kerikeri and Matauri Bay areas.
Further south, a line of severe thunderstorms is lying near Auckland and is expected to affect areas in the Rodney and Albany regions.
And on the Ea
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