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Northland's Electricity Rescue Helicopter documentary

Friday, 11 September 2015, 8:39 am | Northpower

A documentary capturing the history and criticality of Northland’s Electricity Rescue Helicopter Service has been launched to coincide with the annual fundraising appeal now underway. More >>

Northpower warns against rogue tree cutters

Monday, 24 August 2015, 1:57 pm | Northpower

Northpower Network General Manager Graham Dawson is concerned at reports of people posing as Northpower arborists and seeking payment immediately. More >>

Northpower has secured a Prime Ministerial Scholarship

Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 3:39 pm | Northpower

Josie Boyd, Northpower’s General Counsel, will be among 12 senior executives and business owners to attend one of the world’s most prestigious business schools after receiving a Prime Minister’s Business Scholarship. More >>

UFB land access proposal great for Northland

Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 2:24 pm | Northpower

Northpower has welcomed Government progress on possible legislative changes to land access for UFB - labelling the move a game changer for New Zealand’s telecommunications landscape. Northpower Network General Manager Graham Dawson says the proposal by ... More >>

Power outage for Pouto

Monday, 16 March 2015, 10:20 am | Northpower

Additional Northpower lines crews are working to locate a fault at Pouto Peninsula. Around 100 customers will be affected by the pending outage which is expected to begin at 10.30am and could last for two or three hours. Lines crews from Dargaville, ... More >>

Northpower wants more UFB in Northland

Thursday, 12 March 2015, 12:29 pm | Northpower

Northpower is keen to be part of any further expansion of the Government’s ultra-fast broadband initiative. In May last year the Northland electricity lines company completed New Zealand’s first UFB network build in Whangarei. At the time, Communications ... More >>

Northpower line holidays to top $105 million

Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 1:03 pm | Northpower

Northpower’s latest rebate means its customers will have received more than $105 million in line holidays from the company since 1998. More >>

$4.67m returned to NEPT shareholders

Wednesday, 3 December 2014, 9:57 am | Northpower

Northpower consumers will receive a pre-Christmas gift from the Northpower Electric Power Trust. All electricity consumers connected to the Northpower electricity lines network in Kaipara and Whangarei will find an $83 tax free credit on their next power ... More >>

Northpower Storm update #1

Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 10:44 am | Northpower

Northpower advises that lightning has caused multiple minor outages on its electricity network in Kaipara and Whangarei Districts this morning. Around 1000 customers are believed to be without power but that figure is changing constantly as fuses are ... More >>

Northpower receives national excellence accolades

Friday, 17 October 2014, 2:21 pm | Northpower

Two of Northpower’s Cable Jointers claimed top spots in the annual Connexis Cable Jointers competition at Thursday night’s Excellence Awards Dinner held in Christchurch. More >>

2014 Northland Electricity Rescue Helicopter Appeal underway

Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 12:10 pm | Northpower

Principal sponsors of Northland’s Electricity Rescue Helicopter Service, Northpower and Top Energy, are challenging Northlanders to dig deep to support their locally owned air ambulance service. More >>

Northpower - record financial performance

Tuesday, 12 August 2014, 12:13 pm | Northpower

Erc Angelo, Chairman of the Northpower Electric Power Trust (NEPT) is pleased to announce a strong financial performance for the 2013/2014 financial year. Revenue for the Northpower Group for the 2013/2014 financial year lifted 9% to $308m and ... More >>

Northpower Fibre UFB orders continue to surge

Friday, 1 August 2014, 10:31 am | Northpower

Northpower has largely cleared the initial backlog of UFB orders but the volume of orders continues to climb. More >>

Northpower appoints new Chair

Tuesday, 29 July 2014, 10:52 am | Northpower

Nikki Davies-Colley has been appointed Chair of Northpower. She was elected to the role by Northpower’s Board of Directors. Mrs Davies-Colley replaces Warren Moyes who officially ends his tenure as Chairman on July 31. More >>

Northpower Storm update #10, July 9, 2014 – 3.25pm

Thursday, 10 July 2014, 5:35 pm | Northpower

Just 200 Northpower customers are now without power – down from a peak of 14,000. More >>

Power restored to 650 homes

Thursday, 10 July 2014, 4:10 pm | Northpower

Crews unable to get a vehicle fully to site, walked in gear to repair a pole and downed line at Pataua North – restoring power to 312 locals. More >>

Northpower Storm update #8

Thursday, 10 July 2014, 12:34 pm | Northpower

Bad weather is hampering some power restoration efforts for Northpower lines crews in Kaipara and Whangarei Districts. Flooding has prevented crews restoring power to 22 customers at Paerata Road in Tangiteroria and 13 people at Umuwhawha Rad at ... More >>

Northpower Storm update #7

Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 2:54 pm | Northpower

Northpower now has more than 100 staff in the field assessing storm damage and implementing repairs due to the worst storm the network has experienced in the past seven years. More >>

Northpower Storm update #5

Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 8:49 am | Northpower

Lines crews worked overnight repairing power to thousands of Northpower customers in Kaipara and Whangarei Districts. 6500 Northpower customers are now without power, although that figure is expected to climb with high winds and rain still battering ... More >>

Warren Moyes standing down as Chairman of Northpower

Wednesday, 2 July 2014, 4:17 pm | Northpower

Mr Moyes has held the role for 21 years and says he is leaving the company in the best shape of its 94 year history. Northpower’s asset value was just $52 million in 1991 and is now $423 million. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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