Photo / iStockFrustrated Mt Eden residents are questioning why Vector is going ahead with maintenance that will leave them without power while they try to work and teach their children from home during lockdown. Nearly 100 homes will be affected by tomorrow's power cut, which will involve maintenance work on a power pole between 9 and 5pm. "Under normal circumstances children would be at school and adults would be at work or able to go somewhere else for the day. "We acknowledge that power outages have an impact on people working or learning from home, and we sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding." "[My daughter] will need to make up that school work [she misses] and they pile it on in high school, so she's quite stressed.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 02, 2021 16:23 UTC