Ōpōtiki residents woke up to an unplanned power outage this morning.
Horizon Network have restored power to Ōpōtiki residents after an unplanned outage at 4:47 this morning.
1855 customers were initially affected.
150 customers had their power restored around 10:15 this morning.
The cause of the outage is yet to be confirmed.
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