Vector media update 16 Feb 8.30am
 
Our crews continue to work around the clock to restore power for Aucklanders as quickly as they safely can. As of 8am, there were 16,000 families and businesses without power across the region – this is down from 25,000 we reported yesterday.
 
Blocked roads, caused by fallen trees and slips, continues to be a key challenge and are preventing our crews from accessing sites. We are working closely with authorities to get access to these areas as soon as possible.
 
Yesterday, we sent a helicopter up to assess the damage in those hard-to-reach areas. Our teams are currently reviewing the footage and we’ll share more information about this when we can.
 
We’d again like to remind people that although it’s forecast to be another sunny day, our teams are only just understanding and working through the full extent of the damage and being able to plan accordingly to make restoration and repairs for communities.
 
To our customers still without power – we understand your frustration and how tiring it is to have no power.  As soon as we have information about timeframes, we will be communicating with you.  ​
 
To report an outage or check an address for an outage go to: Vector.co.nz/outages