Northland’s extensive power cut could cost the region $60 million by the end of Saturday, economics consultants Infometrics says. It is a slightly more conservative estimate than the Northland Chamber of Commerce, which has...
https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6355393511112 Energy Minister Simeon Brown has ordered the Electricity Authority to review a pylon collapse that cause a power outage across Northland. Speaking at a media press conference in Whangārei, Brown said he had...
The fallen pylon that cut power to nearly 100,000 properties. Photo: Supplied / Kawakawa Electrical Ltd Transpower says focusing on why a power pylon fell over, cutting power to thousands of Northland properties, is...
Some Northlanders are facing their second day without power. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Many Northlanders are waking up without power as Transpower scrambles to fix a big pylon that toppled over on...
Whangārei District Council councillor Marie Olsen uses her cellphone after the this morning’s power cut plunged Te Iwitahi council chambers into near darkness. Photo: Susan Botting / Local Democracy Reporting Northland Northland Mayoral Forum...
A sign on the door of a business in Northland. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Power has been restored to 60,000 properties in Northland tonight – but there’s no hot water. Many homes...