Nearly 7500 West Auckland homes affected by fibre outage

· RNZ
It is not expected to be restored until tomorrow.Photo: 123RF

The number of households affected by a fibre outage in West Auckland has climbed to nearly 7500.

The Chorus outage is impacting Te Atatū, Henderson, and Massey - with people unable to access the internet via their fibre connections since 5.30am on Saturday.

It is not expected to be restored until tomorrow.

The cause of the outage is unknown.

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