Power cut

Power was cut to 9000 Auckland homes last night after Transpower declared a “grid emergency”. Vector said it was told to immediately reduce the electricity load in parts of Mt Roskill, Mt Albert and Sandringham. Power was restored about 8pm after an outage lasting up to 45 minutes. “We understand it’s inconvenient to be without power . . . it’s something that we have to do when asked by Transpower,” Vector said.