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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”.
Tongan delegation investigates fibre
Tonga Power is considering a move to fibre optic broadband and is relying on the expertise of New Zealand Regional Fibre Group member Northpower to help out.
Commissioning approaches in Northpower Ground Fault Neutraliser trial
energynews.co.nz by Matt Ritchie
Whangarei-headquartered lines company Northpower is in the final stages of commissioning a Ground Fault Neutraliser (GFN) at its zone substation at Poroti, as the company prepares to run a trial to establish the benefits likely to come from using the equipment.
Copper out and fibre-optic cabling in
Whangarei Advocate, Whangarei
A revolution is quietly happening around Whangarei, above our heads, at our feet. Look up for signs of change and you will see none; look down and you might spot a newish metal plate in the ground.
Fibre alert to our community
We are working hard to bring fibre to our communities and connect our urban and rural customers with a reliable and consistent communications network with the fastest broadband speeds possible, a move that will provide numerous local benefits - health and education included.
Survivor urges sun safety
Northern Advocate, Whangarei
Northland’s sun can be so much fun. But it can also be a killer, with the region having one of the highest rates of melanoma in the Western World.
String’em up - Northland Power hoists fibre high
Communications Day, Australia & New Zealand telecom daily
Rural New Zealand can enjoy cost-effective fibre-optical network deployments said lines company Northpower, if existing infrastructure is utilised to get around the country’s cumbersome Resource Management Act.
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