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Burst water main in central Wellington
A water main has burst in central Wellington, flooding State Highway 1 with muddy water. Video / Mark Mitchell

Letters: Tom Phillips must be stopped
OPINION: 'The longer it goes on, the greater the damage.'

Shane Te Pou: The $350 Entrust sugar hit and the energy future Auckland needs
OPINION: Entrust’s promotion of its dividend, a temporary sugar hit, masks real issues.

Transpower being investigated as Northland gets power plan and $1m fund
After a downed pylon cut power to Northland, a plan to keep the lights on is launched.

Rob Allen: Be wary of the promises made by gentailers
OPINION: Energy crisis shows serious change needed to ensure new generation meets demand.

Basis reinvents the switchboard
Kiwi startup Basis says its smart panel will be safer, cheaper, and shave up to $1000 per year from your power bill. Video / Dean Purcell

What went wrong in the NZ electricity market and why it will get worse
Inside New Zealand's winter of de-industrialisation.

Opinion: Tuai Power Station product of adventurous journey
The cry of the morepork and the rustle of the trees were the only sounds.

Downed pylon 'an act of incompetence and negligence' – Northland leader
Northland leaders have responded to the energy authority's findings about a downed pylon.

Whitford resident Robyn Newman-Hall on lack of action for sewage plant
Residents at Whitford Manor Estate have been waiting four years for a wastewater system. Video / Michael Craig

Why you aren't getting an extra Vector payment anymore
The Entrust dividend payout is on its way to 365,000 Aucklanders this year.

Hundreds of thousands of Aucklanders get $350 in their bank accounts
The cash is on its way to 365,000 Aucklanders this year.

Opinion: Is solar power the solution for NZ’s energy crisis?
OPINION: Rooftop solar power could help fix NZ’s energy crisis, build disaster resilience.

Letters: Government MIA in face of devastating mill closures
OPINION: 'Why hasn't the Government stepped in and provided a solution?'

Methanex proposes idling one plant indefinitely, job cuts
The nation's biggest gas user will go down to one plant.

'What other f***ing signs do you need?' Shane Jones fumes over mill closures
The Regional Development Minister says foreign investors were warned.

Contact Energy makes $1.86 billion play for Manawa
Contact says it wants a more diversified, resilient and efficient business.

'Massive blow': Hundreds of jobs lost as Winstone shuts mills
One of the central North Island's biggest employers has made the call to shut two mills.

Hundreds lose jobs as Ruapehu mills close
'As tough as this news is, our people need certainty to get on with their lives.'

How changing your laundry habits can save you money
Kiwis use more than 39 billion litres of water a year for washing laundry.

Letters: Shallow politics in PM's council spending rebuke
OPINION: 'We have no idea what the Government believes are council luxuries.'