A project bringing the Far North close to generating most of its own electricity needs has reached another milestone with work under way to hook up the new power station to the local grid.
Top Energy subsidiary Ngāwhā Generation is close to completing the expansion of its geothermal power station at Ngāwhā, 5km east of Kaikohe.
The existing station's 25MW of power will be boosted by another 32MW when the new plant starts operating later this year.