Over eighty properties are without power after a contractor struck a cable in central Auckland.

Services slowly return to normal across Marlborough but many still advised to boil water.

Te Aroha Museum is celebrating 110 years of electricity in the region with an exhibition that will trigger powerful memories for older people. Among the items on display, vintage vacuum cleaners and heaters. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Te Aroha Museum is celebrating 110 years of electricity in the region with an exhibition that will trigger powerful memories for older people. Among the items on display, vintage vacuum cleaners and heaters. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

More than 156 homes are without power in Auckland after two faults affected about 2000 households overnight.

Trustpower spun out its Australian windfarms into a separately listed company, Tilt Renewables, on October 31.

A fault that has cut power to more than 1600 properties in Lyttelton might not be fixed until tonight.

Meridian chief executive Mark Binns says he wants to see the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter stay, "but not at any cost".

A detailed map showing the location of every dangerously compromised power pole in Dunedin shows just how worried residents should be about the risk of death or injury.

An unlicensed sparkie's company carried out "potentially dangerous" electricial work at a school.

The Electricity Authority is to undertake another round of submissions on its politically charged proposals.

The initiative represents some 1,450 vehicles - a 75 per cent increase in the total number of EVs on New Zealand roads today.

Former Health Minister Tony Ryall has been appointed as the next chair of grid operator Transpower.

The "interconnector" that South Australia relies on for power is at the centre of the outage that cut power for the whole state. Here's what went wrong.

Nine years after Westpower first proposed a hydro-electricity scheme on the Waitaha River, the Department of Conservation said it had given approval in principle.

Hopefully you enjoyed yesterday's Sunday sunshine as the rest of the week is set to pack in.

Power has been restored to most of Vector's northern network after weather chaos struck overnight - but some homes may still be without

More than 320,000 Aucklanders are in line for a payout of hundreds of dollars following Vector's annual financial result, released today.

The businesses which bought the most cheap, worthless carbon credits to meet their climate change commitments have been revealed in a new report.

Australia has blocked a A$10 billion deal to lease its biggest electricity grid to Chinese and Hong Kong investors because of "national security".

Around 400 properties in Hawke's Bay and Taupo have been without power since wild weather hit on Saturday morning, and it's unlikely to be restored to many for more than a week.

You probably don't know him, but Al Kahn is likely to have had an enormous influence on your life.

Auckland-based Mercury has swapped its Roman god logo for a bee.

Online electricity retailer Flick Electric has raised a further $5 million from shareholders to fund its growth.

Power prices are an ongoing worry for many people, who hold back heating their homes in a bid to cut down on the power bill, a survey shows.

Switching power companies has hit a record and new figures show Kiwis could be better off if they change suppliers.

Turangi residents have been fighting with their local power company for years, with the company alleging the group is fearmongering.

Some power customers could be in for a nasty jolt if proposed changes to national electricity grid costs go ahead.

Cheaper in the South, dearer in the North - a charging proposal for electricity transmission has been released today.

The former state owned enterprise will soon be known as Mercury.