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2012 Northpower News

Helicopter Maintenance Survey

May 21st 2012, 9:57am

Northpower is to conduct an extensive low level helicopter survey as part of an intensive lines network maintenance programme.

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Copper stolen from live power lines

May 1st 2012, 12:43pm

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.

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Copper thieves put lives at risk

April 27th 2012, 12:16pm

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.

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UFB rollout puts city in the fast lane

April 26th 2012, 8:30am

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.

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Man from North to get Oz medal

March 26th 2012, 9:36am

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.

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Weather causes power outages

March 20th 2012, 11:08am

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.

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Rain saturates north of country

March 19th 2012, 3:09pm

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.

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Tsunami siren testing 1 April

March 12th 2012, 5:02pm

Tsunami siren testing 1 April:
Yes, it's April Fool's Day, no it's not a joke

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Family stranded after car crash

March 12th 2012, 4:50pm

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.

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Northlanders urged to ready for stormy weekend

March 2nd 2012, 1:31pm

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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$5 million line holiday for Northpower consumers

February 22nd 2012, 6:37am

Northpower is giving all electricity consumers connected to its network a line holiday totalling $5.3 million – effective immediately.

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Boot camp takes students to new heights

February 17th 2012, 9:30am

Dejuan Hotere-Feagaiga performs a mock rescue mission at Manukau Tech.

Standing at the top of a power pole wearing heavy overalls and work boots, Dejuan Hotere-Feagaiga looks a little nervous as she fumbles with the rope in her hand.

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Northpower addresses Oakura fault, thanks locals

February 7th 2012, 4:03pm

The General Manager of Northpower’s Network Division, Graham Dawson, is thanking Oakura area locals for their patience following a series of power disruptions over the weekend which culminated in a prolonged power outage this morning.

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The Challenge of a Lifetime!

January 10th 2012, 10:40am

R. Tucker Thompson Crew

Entries are now open for the third Tai Tokerau Tall Ship Challenge, sponsored by Top Energy and Northpower. This annual competition is open to 3 schools from the Whangarei/Kaipara districts and 2 schools from the Far North District, with two students on each team taking part.

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Ultra-Fast broadband rolled out in Whangarei

January 5th 2012, 10:39am

Check out TVNZ coverage of Northpower Fibre’s Ultra-Fast Broadband network build.

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Leading Whangarei businessman Dave Culham honoured

January 5th 2012, 10:31am

Leading Whangarei businessman Dave Culham, who has been awarded the Queen’s Service Medal for services to business and the community, says his activities through life just evolved as he “rolled up his sleeves and got into it”.

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