2010 Northpower News
Injection of intelligence promises savings on energy
NZ Herald by Anthony Doesburg
With the debate about the need for a national broadband network behind us and the contract-letting phase nearing, the discussion is moving on to another kind of network.
Northpower’s 52,000 users to share credits worth $5m
Northern Advocate, WhangareiNorthpower’s 52,000 electricity users will get credits of between $35 and $45 as the company gives a $5 million “lines holiday”.
$5 million dollar line charge holiday
Northpower consumers are set to receive something back from their local lines company. Northpower will provide all consumers connected to its network with a line charge holiday, which this year totals $5 million.
High-speed promise shuffles ever closer
NZ Herald by Simon Hendery
National went into the 2008 election campaign promising to serve up a high-fibre diet of broadband to the masses, an initiative it said would boost productivity and the country’s international competitiveness.
NZ lines companies are ‘best fit’ for UFB rollout
PC World by James Heffield
Telecom disagrees. Says rolling out fibre above ground raises resource consent and cosmetic issues.
Lines companies best fit for fibre
A visiting international fibre specialist says electricity lines companies are the obvious choice for activating New Zealand’s ultra-fast broadband platform.
Joyce holds firm on $1.5b broadband cap
stuff.co.nz by Tom Pullar-Strecker - The Dominion Post, Wellington
Communications Minister Steven Joyce has dismissed as speculation suggestions that the Government may need to increase the $1.5 billion cap on the amount of money it will invest in its Ultrafast Broadband scheme.
Companies vie for piece of Ultra-Fast Broadband pie
PC World
NZ fibre companies have submitted their final proposals for partnering with the government to meet its Ultra-Fast Broadband Initiative’s goals.
Smarter Meters in New Zealand
It was widely reported last year that electricity meters are being installed in New Zealand that cannot meet the industry’s expectation for fully Smart Meters.
Ngawha gets credit for power staying on
Northern Advocate, Whangarei
More than 23,000 Northpower customers were without power because of an electricity network outage south of Auckland, but Far North consumers were spared thanks to the Ngawha Geothermal Power Station.
Summary of Transpower Grid Emergency
Power supply to Northpower customers was interrupted yesterday when Transpower lost two transmission circuits south of Auckland at a time when the Otahuhu Generation Station was also off line, this constrained the supply to Auckland and Northland. The major cause of the disruption was a fire sparked by pylons in a shelterbelt of trees.
Upper North hit by massive power cut
Suff.co.nz by Michael Field
Armed police were needed to help Transpower gain access to power lines over a Waikato farm after the landowner refused to let the company fix a major power fault this afternoon.
City chaos as car hits pensioner
Northern Advocate, Whangarei by Lindy Laird
A three-car accident has left an elderly pedestrian in Whangarei Hospital with head and leg injuries and caused major disruption to central Whangarei. Three other people were also hurt in the incident, near the Walton St and Vine St intersection, about 1.40pm yesterday. The crash took out a power pillar box and blocked busy Walton St for at least two hours.
Businesses Call For Reliable Broadband
Businesses across the country are struggling with inconsistent, and at times non-existent, broadband services.
Hundreds without power after crash: Police say 19-year-old driver faces drink-driving charges
Northern Advocate, Whangarei
by André Hueber
Six hundred Whangarei Heads residents were without electricity after a car ploughed into a power pole.
Chairman Warren Moyes speaks to LiveSport about rural broadband
Northpower’s chairman Warren Moyes discusses problems in getting broadband “to the farm gate and beyond”.
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