Image: GoogleFrustration is at boiling point as Haast locals prepare for their sixth day without power, leaving only a few businesses left with a working generator. Viv Beagle owns the Aspiring Court Motel on Marks Rd in Haast, one of the few businesses left with a working generator. "Half the town's backup generators have blown up because they can't handle the capacity of what's needed to run the place." Mrs Beagle said no electricity had turned Haast into a ghost town. She said if Auckland or another major centre was without power for this long there would be outrage, but because it was Haast, no-one cared.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 31, 2019 18:33 UTC