Snowstorm may cut power to region for weeksSIMON HENDERY/Stuff.co.nzFarmers, workers and residents in the Rangitaiki region could be without power for weeks as Unison scrambles to repair damaged and downed power lines. An interim plan to use generators to power parts of the grids is being actioned. The storm not only knocked out power to the region, it collapsed cow sheds, froze pipes, buried cars and closed the local school. "The major thing for us is to get fuel trucks out here for you all to power your generators," he said. "There is a shortage of generators," Narcoe said.

Source: Stuff August 09, 2016 05:42 UTC