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...

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...

William Stephen Easton, of Kerikeri, admitted multiple charges of historical child sex abuse when he appeared in the Kaikohe District Court Photo: RNZ/Peter de Graaf A former minister of an underground sect has pleaded...

Series Classification: PG (Parental Guidance) | Find the series here In the midst of political turmoil and national unrest, Wayne, a proud Māori business owner in the twilight of his career, grapples with internal questions...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice Multimedia Journalist in Whangārei of Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The courtroom descended into silence for a one-minute tribute on Friday as one man in the dock had...