Electricity restored to Invercargill after duck hits powerlines
From News@63:10/102 to All on Tue Apr 8 15:08:17 2025
By 1News Reporters
15 mins ago
Power has been restored in Invercargill after an outage this morning that impacted the city centre and other areas, including Otatara.
The outage occurred around 9.30am, with a second fault occurring 45 minutes later.
"PowerNet is pleased to advise that power has been restored to all customers, as at approximately 1.30pm today," a spokesperson said.
"Our investigation into the cause and repairs have been completed - the
outage was caused by a duck flying into power lines - not a downed power pole or lines as previously thought."