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Lightning storms cut power to thousands; thunderstorms and 100km/h winds to hit North Island

New power firm wants to give customers access to wholesale electricity market

PowerHub bets batteries can make wholesale power work for households

Cyclone Vaianu live updates: ‘Life-threatening’ weather event to bring torrential rain, 140km/h winds, 8m waves

Dunedin street lights outage leaves suburbs in darkness

Power concerns: Lines companies urged to consider 'non-network' solutions

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As it happened: Wellington winds strongest in a decade

Live weather: Evacuations, power cuts, roads closed as severe gales, rain batter lower North Island

Weather: Heavy rain, severe gales lash Auckland, Northland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty

Weather: Hundreds without power as heavy rain, severe gales lash Auckland, Northland and Coromandel

Weather: Parts of Northland flooded with more heavy rain on the way

Rising power bills and gas crunch set to ignite 2026 election

Thousands of Eurostar passengers face travel chaos as services cancelled close to new year