Tens of thousands of people were without power when the pylon fell over in June. Photo: Supplied / Top Energy The associate energy minister wants heads to roll after a report into the Northland...

Northlanders affected by the “entirely avoidable” toppling of a power pylon earlier this year have welcomed Wednesday’s report into the debacle – but say it fails to address the issue of compensation. The report,...

Kerikeri crime writer Catherine Lea now sets all her books firmly in the Far North. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf First came Tartan Noir, then Outback Noir. Now author Catherine Lea is helping...

Entirely avoidable, this is the conclusion of a report into a collapsed pylon that cut power to thousands of Northland businesses causing economic losses of up to 80 million dollars. The much anticipated Electricty...

A massive Northland power outage caused by a toppling Transpower pylon was entirely avoidable and a senior engineer had raised concerns about maintenance crew training two years earlier. This is according to a report...

A massive power outage across most of Northland was entirely avoidable, a major report into the cause has found. The Electricity Authority has just released its review into the collapse of the electricity transmission...