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About 200 customers remain without power in North Island
About 200 customers remain without power after extreme weather damaged power lines in the central and lower North Island yesterday.
About 200 customers remain without power after extreme weather damaged power lines in the central and lower North Island yesterday.
When the lights go out over a large part of a city the size of Auckland, questions must be asked. How did this happen? Who allowed it to happen? Whose head must roll?
Vector and Transpower will audit vital equipment at power substations in a bid to identify other potentially vulnerable or problem areas within Auckland's beleaguered electricity network.
More than 1000 properties remain without power after fierce winds lashed the lower North Island and brought down electricity lines yesterday.
Energy Minister Simon Bridges says he is confident that lines company Vector acted appropriately in the wake of the power cuts in Auckland.
Vector has warned recently restored power users to expect to be 'dropped' from the system during peak times today, as a former chairman criticises the company.
Parnell hotels were full up with families and people suffering with health issues, said hotel staff in the area.
Auckland suburbs that have been without power for more than a day and a half face a further delay until the lights come back on.
Power should be restored to all Auckland suburbs by 5am tomorrow, lines company Vector said.
Here we go again. Another power emergency in Auckland, a city that's building a reputation for them, writes Grant Bradley.
The reason so many people lost power yesterday is because the substation at Penrose is very old and supplies a disproportionate amount of power to a large area of the city, says an energy expert.
Investors in Genesis Energy, Mighty River Power and Meridian Energy were more than $600 million richer on paper at one point yesterday after their shares were boosted by National's decisive victory.
Since 2002 our electricity market has brought us price rises of 46 per cent above inflation. Why?
Back in 1999, Sam Morgan used a new technology - the internet - to change the way buyers and sellers connected with each other in New Zealand.
Power bills have been rising relentlessly. The two sides of politics are divided on house best to rein that in - competition or regulation.
Power was cut to about 900 homes in Mt Eden during tonight’s Bledisloe Test between the All Blacks and Australia.
New Zealand producers' input and output prices fell in the second quarter of this year as dairy prices declined.
Local govts and power companies are to blame for NZ's inflation rate being much higher than it should have been for the past 10 years, writes Bernard Hickey.
Susan Edmunds asked experts for their top power-saving tips to put more money in your pocket this winter.
A new way of monitoring electricity prices - which calculates what people are actually paying for their power - shows consumers faced a 2.3 per cent hike in the past year.
Tonight will be the third cold night without power for thousands of households as more stormy conditions continue to batter the top of the North Island.
Thousands of people are still without power across the north following a severe storm which battered the country over the past two days.
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Wild weather is hardly unexpected this time of the year. Aucklanders have every reason to believe any problem arising from strong winds or heavy rain will be handled efficiently.
Almost a week after a damaging storm, some Auckland residents were still without hot water last night while the last few houses were having their power restored.