Around 3,000 Mainly Rural Customers Advised to Prepare for no Power Overnight and Saturday

Friday 14 April 2017, 2pm – Unison has restored power to approximately 9,000 Hawke’s Bay customers, with around 6,000 customers now without power.

Unison Relationship Manager, Danny Gough said, “Our crew are out there working hard to get people back on and we’re hoping to have most customers in urban areas on tonight.

“They’ll continue to work flat out until nightfall. Unfortunately for around 3,000 rural customers, and customers in the areas most affected, it may be a day or two before we can restore power. Extra crews will be brought in to assist ustomorrow and it’s certainly our goal to have everyone back on by tomorrowevening.”

“Due to the sheer extent of the destruction we’ve had to focus efforts where we can make the biggest impact today,” says Danny.

For customers without power tonight, Unison is advising them to prepare plans to get through, make sure they have plenty of food, gas in the BBQ, torches and spare batteries.

“Stay with friends and family if you need to,” says Danny. “We really do appreciate all your support everyone’s patience, as we continue to recover from Cyclone Cook that certainly gave us a good whack.”

Unison will provide a further update on restoration progress later this afternoon.

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