![]() ![]() ![]() Only two cell sites were actually damaged by the storm, but 1600 others across Northland, Auckland, Hawke's Bay and Gisborne went dark due to the power cuts, a second summary report from the company-run Telecommunications Forum said. "There were no clear formalised processes, eg, to prioritise electricity restoration to key telecommunications sites."ĭowned powerlines in Cambridge after Cyclone Gabrielle tore through Waikato."Some regions did not get small mobile cell sites on wheels… because a frigate left earlier than advised."."Our technicians and the vehicles carrying them were not considered essential, so had restricted access or were sometimes denied access to affected regions to repair infrastructure.".This "was not properly understood by the people coordinating the emergency response, nor was it built into the framework for dealing with emergencies". "Decisions were made about other items being essential," according to a new Telecommunications Forum report into the stop-start emergency response, which said telecommunications should have been the top priority. Photo: Chorus / SuppliedĬritical equipment for fixing telecommunications was unloaded from aircraft and replaced with other gear, on flights into regions cut off by Cyclone Gabrielle. A helicopter lays fibre-optic cable inland from Gisborne after Cyclone Gabrielle. ![]()
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