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Helicopter Maintenance Survey
Northpower is to conduct an extensive low level helicopter survey as part of an intensive lines network maintenance programme.
Copper stolen from live power lines
Copper has been stolen from live power lines in Whangarei six times in the last fortnight and Northpower says the thieves are risking their lives.
Copper thieves put lives at risk
The culprits behind a spate of copper thefts from Northpower’s lines network are risking electrocution.
And by stealing the copper earth wires from power poles, they are also putting the lives of others in jeopardy.
UFB rollout puts city in the fast lane
The speed of traffic in Whangarei's central business district (CBD) is about to get 100 times faster - internet traffic, that is.
The rollout of Northpower's ultra-fast broadband (UFB) network has made it to the CBD, heralded by orange road cones and men in overalls digging holes in John and James Sts.
Man from North to get Oz medal
Proud Kaitaia mother Margaret Pere will travel to Perth to see her son Ben presented with the Australian Bravery Award, one of that country's highest accolades for courage.
He will receive the award on May 4 for pulling a man from a burning car two years ago.
Weather causes power outages
Northpower took just five hours to restore power to more than 1700 Whangarei homes who lost power because of flooding.
Strong winds downed six power lines. The first outage on Cemetery Rd at 5.42am left 832 customers without power.
Rain saturates north of country
Six vehicles are stuck in rising flood waters in Northland.
Police spokeswoman Sarah Kennett says a truck and the cars tried to cross the flooded State Highway 1 near Whakapara, just north of Hikurangi.
The occupants of the vehicles all escaped uninjured.
The road is now closed and diversions have been put in place through Hukerenui.
Along with floodwatesr, gale force winds in Northland have caused blackouts for hundreds of homes.
Tsunami siren testing 1 April
Tsunami siren testing 1 April:
Yes, it's April Fool's Day, no it's not a joke
Family stranded after car crash
Christine Frost is confined to her home- after four out-of-control youths shunted a parked car down her driveway then crashed their vehicle at the other end of the exit out of her property.
Northlanders urged to ready for stormy weekend
Northpower is encouraging locals to prepare for a potentially rough weekend.
The MetService has issued a severe weather warning with heavy rain and severe gales expected over many parts of the North Island on Saturday.
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