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Gisborne Power Outages

New Zealand has no open live feed, so the quickest way to check Gisborne is the official outage map from Firstlight Network.

Firstlight Network, formerly Eastland Network, is the only lines company in Gisborne and also serves Wairoa in Hawke's Bay. Cyclone Gabrielle in February 2023 cut power to all 26,000 of its connections when the transmission network was extensively damaged, and 4,500 of those were also affected by damage to Firstlight's own lines. In December 2025 a transformer trip at Kaiti substation was among the largest network faults in its interruption records.

Population
52,700
Estimate, 2025
Lines company
Firstlight Network
About 22,800 customers in this area
Weather warnings
0
MetService
Major past events
1
Cyclone Gabrielle

Who to contact in Gisborne

The lines company responsible for faults in Gisborne. Search your address on its official outage map.

New Zealand lines companies, outage map links and phone numbers
Lines companyOfficial outage mapReport by phone
Firstlight NetworkOpen ↗0800 206 207

If you see a fallen power line, stay 10 metres away and call 111.

Gisborne on the New Zealand map

NorthlandAucklandWaikatoBay of PlentyGisborneHawke's BayTaranakiManawatū-WhanganuiWellingtonTasmanNelsonMarlboroughWest CoastCanterburyOtagoSouthlandNorthlandAucklandWaikatoBay of PlentyGisborneHawke's BayTaranakiWellingtonTasmanMarlboroughWest CoastCanterburyOtagoSouthland
New Zealand has 16 regions, shown over a 800 by 900 map.

Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Weather warnings

MetService (Meteorological Service of New Zealand) lists no active warnings for this area.

Source: MetService (Meteorological Service of New Zealand)

Largest places in Gisborne

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Reliability in Gisborne

Average minutes without power and interruptions per customer, as published by the regulator or operator

Lines companyTime without powerInterruptionsYear
Firstlight Network8 hr 20 min4.202026

Definitions vary by source, for example in how major storms are treated, so these figures aren't a ranking. See each operator's page for the exact scope.

Major power outages affecting Gisborne

Totals may cover every area affected, not only this one. Full accounts are on the New Zealand page.

  1. Cyclone Gabrielle

    13 February 2023

    240,000 customers affected

    Transpower declared a grid emergency after flooding at Redclyffe cut supply to Hawke's Bay and Gisborne.

    Source: energia for Electricity Networks Aotearoa, Electricity Distribution Sector Cyclone Gabrielle Review

Gisborne power outage FAQ

Who do I contact about a power outage in Gisborne?

Firstlight Network (0800 206 207) repairs the local network in Gisborne, which includes Gisborne.

What was the biggest power outage in Gisborne?

Cyclone Gabrielle (13 February 2023) affected about 240,000 customers across the affected areas. Transpower declared a grid emergency after flooding at Redclyffe cut supply to Hawke's Bay and Gisborne.

How reliable is the power supply in Gisborne?

Firstlight Network reported 8 hr 20 min of interruption per customer in 2026. Scope differs between sources, so treat these as a guide and not a ranking.

Cite this page

You may reuse our derived data under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. Weather warnings are from MetService under CC BY 4.0. Reliability data is from the New Zealand Commerce Commission under CC BY 4.0.

PowerOutageTracker.com. "Gisborne Power Outages." Accessed 4 November 2026. https://poweroutagetracker.com/world/new-zealand/gisborne
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