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      Home > News > National > Lower South Island

    Internet and phone services in Otago and Southland have been disrupted - first by animals, then a human whoopsie

    Internet and phone services in Otago and Southland have been disrupted - first by animals, then a human whoopsie


    One New Zealand says rodents chewed through a cable near Dunedin, and a contractor cut the secondary cable between Gore and Balclutha.

    Services are returning - with engineers repairing the first cable, and working to fix the second.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Lower South Island News
     22 Aug: Two men have been arrested, while firearms, ammunition and drugs have been seized, following search warrants targeting illegal hunters in Southland
     20 Aug: Police have now identified 10 possible victims of a couple arrested last week - accused of defrauding a person of more than one million dollars
     19 Aug: Police have uncovered several drivers in Southland's Gore, who were driving dangerously and under the influence of alcohol
     17 Aug: Otago have come out on top in a 12 try NPC extravaganza - prevailing 46-41 over Wellington in Porirua
     16 Aug: The Southland Stags have scored 29 unanswered second half points to stun Manawatu 29-22 in their NPC rugby contest in Invercargill after trailing 22-nil at halftime
     14 Aug: A couple's been charged with defrauding a person over two years - with bogus cancer treatment bills to the tune of more than one-million-dollars
     14 Aug: Central Otago's troubled Shotover wastewater treatment plant is going to be checked on less regularly
     Top Stories

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     Business:
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     Rugby:
    Hooker Codie Taylor will become the 14th All Black to play 100 tests in Sunday morning's Rugby Championship re-match against Argentina at Buenos Aires 8:07

     National:
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