The arrival of electric vehicle company Tesla in New Zealand is expected to see the number of electric cars being sold here leap.

An accident along Whanganui's Mosston Rd which knocked out power to nearly 200 homes has prompted calls for a speed camera in the

The Model S starts from $109,300 while the Model X starts from $145,200. Depending on the engine, the vehicles can cost almost $225,000.

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 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.

Delta and Aurora are being investigated for failing to replace dangerous power poles in Dunedin.

Vector has opened a big Tesla battery storage bank in Auckland which it says will help defer costly building of less flexible infrastructure.

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.

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

Our biggest electricity retailer says lower power, gas and oil prices, along with competition, has hit its annual earnings.

Mercury, formerly known as Mighty River Power, has delivered a 2.3 percent lift in operating earnings and declared a special dividend.

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.