19 Sep 2018

Power restored in Otago after snow havoc

7:12 am on 19 September 2018

Power has been restored to residents in Otago, after heavy snow brought down lines on Monday.

Crews work to restore power to homes and businesses in Queenstown earlier this week (September, 2018).

Crews work to restore power to homes and businesses in Queenstown earlier this week. Photo: Supplied / Elle McCammon

In Glenorchy, 360 residents were without power and 25 in Arrowtown from 7am Monday until 7pm last night.

Prior to that, Aurora restored energy to more than 3600 customers, who lost power.

An Aurora employee said the power was back for almost all customers, however, there were still a few households elsewhere in the region without power.

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