Contractors worked over the weekend to install a temporary pylon in Northland. Photo: Transpower Northland’s electricity supply is back at full capacity, although the network is still in a fragile state. Thousands of households...

Painting power pylons helps them resist corrosion, but the power transmission entity has a “backlog” of “deferred painting” a 2023 report says. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King The vast bulk of Transpower’s electricity towers...

Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Power line and weather woes look set to continue for parts of the North Island, with work continuing to restore Northland’s supply and storms forecast for some places. Transpower...

Transpower crews prepare to install a temporary tower on a farm in Northland. Photo: Transpower Transpower expects work to restore a key transmission line into Northland will resume Sunday morning after experiencing delays. A...

Transpower crews have been working to erect a temporary tower to restore electricity for Northlanders. Photo: Transpower Transpower says it has made progress raising a temporary tower in Northland, but it has been unable...

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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