Over 1000 people are this afternoon without power in the Wellington suburb of Wainuiomata.
According to Wellington Electricity the cause of the outage is not yet known.
However, according to MetService there are gale northwesterlies, gusting to 120 km/h, forecast in the area.
The winds are expected to ease as the evening progresses.
Wellington Electricity says power should be restored before 7pm.
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