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ComCom cold on Contact Energy's proposed Manawa takeover

The regulator is worried about market concentration.

‘Legacy’: New solar-powered buildings at marae near Kaipara Harbour

Development is a significant step for the hapū and creates a legacy: Te Kurataiaho Kapea

Mike Fuge: Bureaucratic delays hinder NZ’s renewable energy progress

OPINION: Contact Energy calls for faster action in push for renewable power.

Best of Markets with Madison: Energy

The crisis continues – so what are the solutions?

Work to start on NZ's biggest solar farm in 2025

It would create enough power to supply the equivalent of about 35,000 homes.

Central Auckland power cut hits businesses, homes; biotech company hit mid-experiment

Power has since been restored to affected areas, a Vector spokesperson said.

Helium balloon causes power outage in Central Auckland, residents report ‘loud bang’

The first electricity outage was reported shortly before 3pm.

Aucklanders do better on some living costs than other Kiwis: New report

Aucklanders spend less on energy and more on transport.

Honoured: Transpower chair Keith Turner

"When it doesn’t perform, everybody notices. When it does perform, nobody notices.”

New Year Honours: Bay of Plenty, Coromandel, Taupō recipients named

Plus - we ask why one city, unusually, has no honourees on this year's list.

Lightning strike: Thousands without power in the North Island, outages hit South Island

The outages are possibly due to lightning strikes.

Genesis CEO Malcolm Johns reflects on a turbulent year for the power industry

Genesis Energy's CEO Malcolm Johns says New Zealand has an energy storage problem.

Meridian, Todd's Nova Energy plan big solar project

Solar farm should generate enough power for about 100,000 homes.

How New Zealand's tallest turbines will power 27k homes by 2026

Mercury's $287 million wind farm near Omamari will produce enough power for 27,000 homes.

National, local companies are creditors of Rotorua housing project

The financier wants $28.2m; unsecured creditors are listed as being owed another $167,000.

Simon Bridges: We must act now to fix our broken energy sector

OPINION: To put it simply, the sector is broken, with weak competition.