A magpie is being blamed for a power outage that left about 10,000 customers in the Wairarapa without electricity this morning.
Mountain bikers in Timaru are taking more of a risk in a Centennial Park of late with over protective magpies dive bombing the cyclists. Photo: 123RF
Powerco said contractors believe the bird touched wires on a pole about 8am this morning, triggering the outage in the Martinborough and Greytown regions.
Power was restored shortly before 10am.