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      Home > News > National > Lower South Island

    Internet and phone services in Otago and Southland have been disrupted - first by animals, then a human whoopsie

    Internet and phone services in Otago and Southland have been disrupted - first by animals, then a human whoopsie


    One New Zealand says rodents chewed through a cable near Dunedin, and a contractor cut the secondary cable between Gore and Balclutha.

    Services are returning - with engineers repairing the first cable, and working to fix the second.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Lower South Island News
     08 May: An illicit drug dealing operation in Queenstown has been busted
     08 May: A man's been arrested in Oamaru over several violent incidents within 24 hours
     07 May: Warnings for South Islanders on the West Coast and Otago - over incoming heavy rain
     07 May: Tricky terrain and weather warnings could potentially hamper search crews, looking for a missing tramper in the Milford Sound area
     05 May: Five people with serious injuries are being taken to hospital after a crash on State Highway 1 between Invercargill and Bluff
     05 May: Search and rescue teams are continuing to look for a hiker missing in Fiordland National Park
     29 Apr: An overseas national has received critical head injuries in central Queenstown
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     Today's News

    		 Entertainment:
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     Environment:
    There's a severe thunderstorm warning for South Waikato, Western Bay of Plenty and Rotorua 21:57

     Entertainment:
    Alec Baldwin "really wants" more children 21:29

     Environment:
    A slip's closed State Highway 29 in the Kaimai Ranges between Waikato and the Bay of Plenty 21:17

     Entertainment:
    Patricia Clarkson has claimed Harvey Weinstein warned her she'd "never work again" 20:59

     Entertainment:
    Barry Keoghan "couldn't look" at Sir Ringo Starr when he went to visit the Beatles legend 20:29

     Entertainment:
    Andy Cohen thinks he's a good kisser 19:59

     Entertainment:
    Maren Morris finds co-parenting with Ryan Hurd easy 19:29

     Entertainment:
    Miley Cyrus found "a lot of [her] relationships burned down" when she lost her home in a fire 18:59

     Environment:
    There's flooding on Auckland's North Shore, as wild weather smashes the upper North Island 18:57

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