New Zealand's relatively flat demand for electricity continues to weigh on the electricity companies.

A tree has fallen and power lines are down on Queenstown-Glenorchy Rd, leaving the road blocked in both directions.

Power has been restored to hundreds of households across Auckland after wild weather wreaked havoc at the weekend.

Vector's making progress getting power back on to the remaining Auckland homes left in the dark since the weekend's stormy weather.

Power remains out in pockets across Auckland, from Orere Point in the east to Papakura in the south, according to Vector's website.

Transport Minister Simon Bridges has bought two electric cars, and is trying to convince other National MPs to do the same.

Half of Delta's executive leadership team has jumped ship as fallout from the pole scandal continues to rock the Dunedin company.

The Commerce Commission has cut the rate of return that local electricity lines networks and national grid owner Transpower can charge in its latest decisions on monopoly network pricing.

Final repairs were made this morning to high voltage lines which were brought down when a light plane crashed, killing the two people on board.

Now that Gisborne is out of the unexpected chaos and back to the usual Christmas mayhem, locals are reflecting on how it all started. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

More than 40,000 Gisborne residents have been asked to prepare for eight hours without power again this Sunday.

Tairawhiti Police, Civil Defence and Eastland Network called a press conference today, with some good news. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Power has been fully restored to more than 20,000 homes and businesses in Gisborne tonight, after a 33-hour outage.

As the bulk of the Gisborne district remains without power after plane crashed into high voltage lines, the residents of the region are mucking in.

The Electricity Authority is softening its proposed reforms for national grid payments, but power prices would still rise for some regions.

Investigators will begin combing through the wreckage of a plane crash that killed two people and cut power to 20,000 homes in the Gisborne region.

Billing disputes are the main issue for utility customers but the number of those complaining about disconnections is growing.

A car has hit a power pole and broken it in two in South Auckland this morning.

Over 32,000 Far North homes and businesses were without power for most of yesterday, and police are investigating whether the outage was sabotage.

Power has been restored to the Far North after a major outage earlier today.

Thousands of tourists arrived in the Bay of Islands this morning on the Celebrity Solstice cruise ship to be greeted by storm clouds and the power cut.

A major power cut that has closed schools and business across the Far North may be sabotage.

More than 1000 households in West Auckland were without power this morning.

The Electricity Authority says consumers will save around $300 million a year following its decision to end power station subsidies.

The head of Genesis Energy wants to move his company to being an integrated energy management business but says this could expose it to overseas competition.

Submissions from all over New Zealand have poured in opposing Westpower's Waitaha River power scheme, forcing a four-day hearing in Hokitika next week.

First NZ Capital has raised its target price for Genesis Energy to $1.97 from $1.85, but has retained its neutral rating on the stock.

The revitalised board of struggling electricity producer New Zealand Windfarms is exploring ways to pay a maiden interim dividend.

Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla and SpaceX, has made a lot of enemies during his time in business.

A small island in American Samoa is making the switch from diesel generators to 100 per cent renewable energy.