25/09/2025
UPDATE 5:00pm: Service has been restored. Our guys managed to get up there in a helicopter this afternoon. We appreciate your patience.
12:10pm 25/09/2025.
There is currently a power issue at our Hikurangi Repeater and the site will lose power completely, this afternoon.
An attempt to attend this fault earlier this morning via helicopter failed due to poor weather conditions. A technician was then dispatched to the site. However, this was unsuccessful due to fallen trees blocking the track and no safe alternative route available.
We are now waiting for the weather to clear to get a helicopter there this afternoon.
**Areas that will be affected include: Whareponga, Hiruharama, and some of Ruatoria, Te Puia and Waipiro Bay.
We apologise for this inconvenience, but please know we are actively working to resolve this as soon as weather permits.