Fault that caused mass streetlight outage in Wellington repaired
2 May, 2021 01:03 AM
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A mass streetlight outage was reported in Wellington central city and some outer suburbs. Photo / 123rf
A mass streetlight outage was reported in Wellington central city and some outer suburbs. Photo / 123rf
NZ Herald
By: Sophie Trigger, Jack Crossland
A streetlight fault which plunged parts of Wellington City into darkness on Saturday night has been repaired.
On Saturday night a mass streetlight outage was reported in Wellington central city and some outer suburbs, when the lights failed to come on at dusk.
Wellington electricity control room manager Ross Fitzgibbon said there was a fault in the automatic system which turned the lights on each day.
WATCH | Snow in Drakensberg, Eastern Cape and Lesotho Prepare for a weekend of rain in parts of SA 01 May 2021 - 09:19 Image: Martin Schultz/Afriski Mountain Resort
The Drakensberg, Lesotho and parts of the Eastern Cape got a taste of winter after snow fell overnight, while chilly conditions and rain are expected to spread to other areas of SA this weekend.
The SA Weather Service (Saws) issued a warning of disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of low-lying bridges, bad driving conditions and possible mudslides over the southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal and eastern parts of the Eastern Cape.
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Government expands drought support as dry conditions bite along the east coast
28 Apr, 2021 04:30 AM
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The Country
The Government will boost its drought support to new parts of the country and continue helping farmers in areas facing long-term dry conditions, Agriculture and Rural Communities Minister Damien O Connor says.
An extra $900,000 of funding will be used to help farmers around the country, with the current large-scale adverse event classification expanded to include Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury, and Otago. Autumn has got off to an extremely dry start in multiple regions along the east coast of the country. Forecast rainfall is not expected to be enough to allow parched soils and pastures time to recover before winter, O Connor said.
Snow falls in South Island, possible thunderstorms for North Island
26 Apr, 2021 08:15 PM
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It s a wet and possibly thundery start for parts of the North Island, but will improve later in the day. Photo / Joel Ford
It s a wet and possibly thundery start for parts of the North Island, but will improve later in the day. Photo / Joel Ford
Herald reporter based in HamiltonNikki.Preston@nzme.co.nz
Large parts of the North Island are waking up to a wet morning with thunderstorms possible from Te Kuiti through to Auckland.
MetService is warning a band of rain is heading up from Te Kuiti and Waitomo right up to Auckland, bringing with it rain for most of the morning before easing later this afternoon.