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Northpower helps Christchurch rebuild
Friday, 27 May 2011, 1:41 pm | Northpower
Dedicated work crews from Northpower were fundamental in the massive effort to restore stable power supply to Christchurch after the devastating February 22 earthquake. After the quake, staff from electricity network Orion were faced with extensive damage ... More >>
Helicopter rides without the rescue for generous Northlander
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 12:07 pm | Northpower
The last time Ron Nicholas was aboard one of Northland’s Electricity Rescue Helicopters, he was sporting a broken pelvis. More >>
R.Tucker Thompson sets sail
Monday, 16 May 2011, 4:31 pm | Northpower
The second annual Te Tai Tokerau Tall Ship Challenge is underway with a group of Northland secondary school students on board competing for the title of champion. Two students each from six Northland schools are doing their best to demonstrate ... More >>
Northpower welcomes more NZRFG fibre progress
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 2:18 pm | Northpower
Northpower CEO Mark Gatland has welcomed the news another member of the New Zealand Regional Fibre Group is a step closer to helping build a Government backed ultra-fast fibre network. More >>
Tai Tokerau Tall Ship Challenge
Friday, 4 March 2011, 12:25 pm | Northpower
The two Northland Lines Companies, Northpower and Top Energy will again be sponsoring the 2011 Tai Tokerau Tall Ship’s Challenge, being held in May this year. More >>
Northpower line charges will increase
Monday, 21 February 2011, 4:03 pm | Northpower
Line charges to electricity retailers supplying customers on the Northpower network will increase 4.3% from 1 April 2011. The increases vary according to the type of connection and the annual consumption but, for the average domestic consumer on our ... More >>
$60 Northpower Trust Distribution
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 10:22 am | Northpower
Northpower Electric Power Trust (NEPT) is granting their customers a $60 credit on their September power accounts. Eligible Northpower consumers will receive a credit, regardless of which electricity retailer sends out their power account. More >>
West Coast Energy secures tier 1 contract
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 10:43 am | Northpower
Northpower Limited, the Whangarei based lines and electrical contracting company is pleased to announce that West Coast Energy, their Perth based subsidiary has signed a 2 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 year contract for the provision of electrical distribution ... More >>
Northpower: Fibre expansion gathering speed
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 10:59 am | Northpower
Northpower is ramping up its broadband activity and turning to residential customers for the next phase of its ultra-fast 100Mbit/s fibre network. More >>
Fibre expansion gathering speed
Friday, 12 March 2010, 10:00 am | Northpower
Northpower is ramping up its broadband activity and turning to residential customers for the next phase of its ultra-fast 100Mbit/s fibre network. More >>
Northpower increases electricity retailer charges
Tuesday, 2 March 2010, 11:02 am | Northpower
Line charges to electricity retailers supplying customers on the Northpower network will increase from 1 April 2010. The increases vary according to the type of connection and the annual consumption but, for the average domestic consumer (8000 units per ... More >>
Young Enterprise Scheme launches BizHive
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 1:41 pm | Northpower
Optrix is a small business developed under the Young Enterprise Scheme Technology strand. Our primary intention is to publicize North Power’s Fibre Optic rollout while at the same time designing and developing BizHive with which we intend will ... More >>
North Auckland and Northland Power Outage
Friday, 30 October 2009, 3:05 pm | Northpower
Just before 8am this morning transmission lines belonging to Transpower (the national grid owner and operator) faulted, causing loss of supply to about 280,000 consumers in North Auckland and Northland. The fault occurred on the transmission lines crossing ... More >>
Northpower responds to National Grid Emergency
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 1:34 pm | Northpower
Northlander’s may have noticed a widespread power outage lasting approximately 6 minutes at 9.20am this morning. This was due to a major North Island power station losing output from three of its generators shortly after 9am this morning. More >>
$5 million dollar line charge holiday
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 1:57 pm | Northpower
Northpower consumers are set to receive something back from their local lines company. More >>
Northpower employee found dead
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 4:07 pm | Northpower
Colleagues found a Northpower employee at Whangarei depot dead this morning near his vehicle. It is believed he passed away last night from what appears to be natural causes. More >>
Northpower Wins ‘Highly Commended’ Award
Thursday, 27 November 2008, 10:16 am | Northpower
Northland owned and operated Northpower Ltd, announced today that it took out the ‘Highly Commended’ Award in the Private Sector category, for their Behavioral Based Safety programme and work around employee engagement. More >>
Northpower purchases Energex
Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 12:48 am | Northpower
Northland owned and operated Northpower Ltd announced today the purchase of Energex’s New Zealand based operations. Energex provides electrical maintenance services for some of the country's largest electricity and gas networks. More >>
Northpower Annual Result
Friday, 1 August 2008, 10:42 am | Northpower
Northpower’s Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 March 2008 will be distributed to consumers next week. More >>
Northpower Electricity Supply Situation
Monday, 28 July 2008, 11:49 am | Northpower
We had 100 field and support staff working long hours all weekend to clear faults. This combined with two helicopters that were utilised to find faults and speed up repairs, enabled us to get all but one main network line operational by Sunday Night. More >>