The emergency operations centre in operation at Te Iwitahi during the power outage. Vince Cocurullo is the mayor of Whangārei. OPINION As we recover from the recent power outage that impacted every sector of...

Employment issues have plagued the resort for the last four years. Photo / Supplied A luxury resort that owes more than $140,000 in damages to former employees coughed up only when a court bailiff...

Ngakita Beazley-Ruwhiu was recently recognised for her innovation and leadership in a male-dominated industry. When Ngakita Beazley-Ruwhiu shows up to a job site to conduct an electrical fit-out, she often gets bypassed as an...

The former Tōwai School, on Ford Rd in Hikurangi, Northland, has been occupied for almost two months. Photo / Michael Cunningham A hapū occupying an abandoned school in Northland have been told the Government...

Transpower crews prepare to install a temporary pylon tower on 21 June, 2024, after another fell and cut power to thousands of Northland properties. Photo: Transpower Transpower chief executive Alison Andrew says a power...

Series Classification: G (General Audiences) Episode 1 looks at the multiple issues affecting our coastal marine environment through the work of Professors Nick Shears and Conrad Pilditch of Auckland University, including first-hand evidence of kina barrens...

Contractors worked over the weekend to install a temporary pylon in Northland. Photo: Transpower There is a “huge infrastructure deficit” in Northland and recent failures were “just not fair” on the region, Northland Chamber...

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...