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Spark gets go-ahead for surf lagoon data centre

Auckland's data centre boom continues, with the Dairy Flat project given the green light.

Power bills pile on the pressure for households, small businesses

Most respondents in a new survey were worried about rising costs and network resilience.

Editorial: NZ's infrastructure issues caused by lack of long-term thinking

OPINION: New Zealand needs a Government that will look to the future.

Northland outages: Auckland Mayor suggests bolt removal led to pylon fall

'I am making this assessment well before any official investigation,' Brown wrote.

Toppled pylon: More power supply restored, further outages not ruled out

Northland is expected to get full power again today following Friday's pylon collapse.

Editorial: Data centre deal shows potential future for New Zealand

OPINION: Could NZ's economic future lie in storing other country's data?

S&P welcomes NZ power deal

The ratings agency says the 20-year power deal for Tiwai is a boon for generators.

Letters: Why can't capable, keen workers find jobs?

OPINION: 'She has been spending hours every day seeking employment with no joy.'

Editorial: NZ needs a sensible approach to ensure continuous power supply

OPINION: Hydro and wind power are all good until it doesn't rain or blow a gale.

Iwi leaders meet with ministers over oil and gas exploration

'We need to make sure our rights and interests are protected.'

Genesis to resume coal buying as gas shortage looms

Genesis Energy expects to be buying coal again by the end of the year.

Project Kea can buy Canterbury land for giant rubbish recycling plant

Two ministers signed off on the land deal for the project, opposed by some locals.

One thing households could do to save $1000-plus on power bills

Also under scrutiny are the creaky state of Kiwi appliances and our ageing vehicle fleet.

Transpower warns of supply risk, despite last week’s deluge

The summer-autumn period this year has been relatively dry.

Christchurch firm raising $70m for new home battery - half the price of Tesla’s Powerwall

Manufacture could be just 18 months away, if across the Tasman.

AT puts security guards on closed Meola Rd to protect workers

The closure was recently extended for three more months until the end of April.