12 Nov 2013

Failed testing causes power cuts to tens of thousands

From Checkpoint, 5:14 pm on 12 November 2013

A test that went wrong on the brand new Cook Strait cable today cut power to tens of thousands of North Island households, and left swathes of businesses in the dark.

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