Fire and Emergency received reports of the incident around 8.30pm in Moncks Bay and one fire engine is in attendance.

Orion Group's website says 448 properties are currently without power.

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28 Oct: Damage in the lower South Island is so widespread, efforts to restore power could take weeks

28 Oct: It was restless night for many, with 19-thousand lightening strikes hitting the North Island and many in the south waking up to snow

27 Oct: Snow's closed a number of South Island state highways

27 Oct: Areas already hit by last week's wild weather are in for another round

27 Oct: The Emergency Management Minister is praising South Islanders working through the long weekend as recovery from wild weather continues

27 Oct: NZ’s first marine reserve is turning 50 – the lessons from its recovery are invaluable

27 Oct: The south Island recovery may be put on hold - as more wet and windy weather arrives

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Cricket:
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Accident and Emergency:
One person's been seriously injured and flown to hospital - after a crash on a major Waikato highway 18:07

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Dame Joan Collins "couldn't resist" becoming a godmother for the 15th time 17:21

Politics:
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Business:
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Entertainment:
Paloma Faith is pregnant with her third child 16:51

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Jeremy Renner was in a "very different place" ahead of making the new season of Mayor of Kingstown 16:21

Rugby League:
Manly Sea Eagles fullback Tom Trbojevic has put speculation around his future to bed by signing a one-year extension with the NRL club, through to the end of the 2027 season 16:17

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