25 Jun 2024

Northland residents fight for compensation over blackouts

From Midday Report, 12:16 pm on 25 June 2024

Northland businesses are pushing for compensation from Transpower for last week's blackout across most of the region. The grid operator, and its maintenance contractor Omexom, have admitted that a pylon toppled because three-quarters of the nuts attaching it to its foundations were removed by workers who were not following protocol. Whangarei's Mayor Vince Cocurulllo speaks with Charlotte Cook.