Alison Andrews: Transpower CEO provides an outage update as 225k are without power due to Cyclone Gabrielle - The Mike Hosking Breakfast

225,000 people are currently without power across New Zealand and the widespread damage looks as if it could take a few days to repair.

Energy companies are warning people to prepare for significant time without power.

Transpower Chief Executive Alison Andrews told Mike Hosking their national network has held up reasonably well, but local networks are more difficult to fix.

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