1998 Auckland power crisis
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1998-auckland-power-crisis-0-1022917
title:
1998 Auckland power crisis
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The 1998 Auckland power crisis was a five-week-long power outage affecting the central city of Auckland, New Zealand from 19 February to 27 March 1998. A 1998 ministerial inquiry criticised both the Auckland Electric Power Board and its privatised successor, which had halved its staff after taking over in October 1993. The report blamed risk and asset management and contingency planning, but said reviews of the electricity network were in accordance with industry practice. However, Mercury Energ
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Major power outage in New Zealand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Auckland_power_crisis
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2024-02-04T17:04:32Z
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