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Northland outages: Auckland Mayor suggests bolt removal led to pylon fall
'I am making this assessment well before any official investigation,' Brown wrote.
Toppled pylon: More power supply restored, further outages not ruled out
Northland is expected to get full power again today following Friday's pylon collapse.
Govt gets advice on billion-dollar merger and potential sale of state assets
Previous Governments have failed in attempts at an asset mega-merger.
Letters: AT needs an attitude change; Three Strikes justice
OPINION: 'We appear to have a bureaucracy that is not reading the room.'
Queues of cars at vantage point for Kiwis keen to catch last glimpse of aurora
One Wellingtonian described the situation as 'complete chaos'.
'Complete chaos': Hundreds of cars jam Wellington's south coast, where to see the aurora
Aucklanders have received a stroke of luck regarding glimpsing the aurora tonight.
National power grid emergency further extended
The coldest spot this morning was in the central North Island.
Editorial: Energy crisis - Will Kiwis be able to heat their homes this winter?
OPINION: As we head into winter, how will New Zealand's energy grid cope?
Claire Trevett: The blame games and politics of a winter power crisis
No government likes to waste a crisis - even a two-hour-long one.
'Third-world stuff': Energy minister praises chilly Kiwis' restraint amid grid crisis
The country’s grid operator issued a warning notice in advance.
'Third-world stuff': Crisis meeting held ahead of grid emergency as polar blast bears down
Friday promises NZ's coldest day of 2024 - and more frosty temperatures are due tonight.
Power substation swamped by Cyclone Gabrielle set to be lifted 1.7 metres higher
$35m rebuild to cope with 1-in-450-year floods would be paid for out of power bills.
Transpower warns of supply risk, despite last week’s deluge
The summer-autumn period this year has been relatively dry.
Traffic safety, flooding, pollution fears raised over SH1 Waipū service centre
The proposed Waipū service station will create traffic safety concerns, objectors say.
Delays to two huge Hawke's Bay solar farm projects, but developers say bright future ahead
A solar farm in Central Hawke's Bay and one near Hawke's Bay Airport both face delays.
NZ needs to up its power game this winter, Transpower warns
Despite breakthroughs, the national power grid operator sounds a warning on investment.
2023 a good year for NZ's renewable energy projects
Demand for electricity is increasing, so how are we coping?
Power bill pain: Transpower seeks higher charges to fund $4.7b grid upgrade
Much of the national electricity transmission grid was built between the 1950s and 1970s.
NZ energy likely to change under National-led government
The energy sector is poised for a reversal of the oil and gas exploration ban.
Undue risk: Man who attempted to bring down NZ's power grid to remain behind bars
Graham Philip refused to engage with a psychologist for a report.
Power poles perched near crumbling cliff worry locals
Transpower says the poles are safe and it will check them again.
Wednesday night blackout: It was the cat’s volt
About 25,000 properties had electricity supply cut for up to 40 minutes on Wednesday.
Luke Kirkness: Beating the winter blackouts
Opinion: It's time to shine a brighter light on power solutions after an outage warning.
Transpower warns of potentially tight winter power supply
Transpower was forced to call five separate 'grid emergencies' during 2021 and 2022.
Transpower fined after power failure to 34,000 homes
Power cut to 34,000 homes came on coldest night with highest-ever demand for electricity.