Transpower crews prepare to install a temporary tower on a farm in Northland. Photo: Transpower Transpower is erecting a temporary tower and says it is on track to deliver more power to Northland by...

Three men have been rescued from a sinking boat off the Ruakaka coast in Northland. The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre received a distress call at 3.30am on Saturday morning from a boat near the...

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 visited...

Residents and businesses owners in Kaitaia describe the mad scramble for generators when the town was plunged into darkness on Thursday. Frustrated that Northland’s infrastructure failed them yet again, some said it was the...

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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...