The system is experiencing issues

Past Incidents

14th November 2025

No incidents reported

13th November 2025

Degraded Service - Matamata and Minden Regions

Latest update:

Our upstream fibre provider has resolved the fault on their end and we can confirm our services have been restored to normal.

History:


[2025-11-13 22:35:46 NZDT] Lightwire engineers are aware of an upstream fiber outage at our Minden transmission site. Customers may experience degraded service during peak hours as our network uses backup paths.

No details have been provided from our upstream provider yet, but we will be working with them to restore services to normal.

We apologise for any inconveniences this may be causing. Please feel free to contact us at 0800 12 13 14 or at support@lightwire.co.nz with any queries. We will update this notification as more information becomes available.

Equipment Fault - Wharepuhunga Region

Lightwire engineers have discovered a weather related fault with equipment at our Wharepuhunga transmission site that may be causing degraded services. Lightwire technicians will be attending site tomorrow to investigate and remediate the issue.

Remediations may require a short service outage if equipment replacement is required. We will update this notification with more information when it becomes available.

Please feel free to reach out to us at 0800 12 13 14 or at support@lightwire.co.nz with any queries.

Equipment Fault - Matata Region

Latest update:

Unfortunately, our engineers and technicians were unable to resolve this fault during today's site visit (which was for unrelated maintenance). While we can't return today, we'll be on site first thing tomorrow morning with replacement equipment to remediate the fault.

We apologize again for any inconveniences this may be causing and will continue to investigate any and all possible remote remediations. Please reach out to us at 0800 12 13 14 or at support@lightwire.co.nz with any queries.

We will update this notification with more information when it becomes available.

History:


[2025-11-13 12:55:40 NZDT] Lightwire engineers are investigating an issue with equipment at our Okauia transmission site that is affecting your service. A Lightwire technician happened to be en route to site to perform maintenance on our site's generator and will aide in investigations if required.

We apologize for any inconveniences this may be causing and will be working hard to restore services to normal as quickly as possible. Please reach out to us at 0800 12 13 14 or at support@lightwire.co.nz with any queries.

We will update this notification with more information when it becomes available.

12th November 2025

No incidents reported

11th November 2025

No incidents reported

10th November 2025

No incidents reported

9th November 2025

Risk Warning - Horsham Downs Area

Latest update:

Power has been restored and is looking stable. Our data indicates everything managed to stay online, with no disruption to service.

History:


[2025-11-09 11:06:34 NZDT] A planned power outage is currently affecting our network infrastructure in the Horsham Downs area. The power outage is expected to last until 1450 today. Currently, our equipment is running on battery backup, maintaining normal service, but we're unable to guarantee that the battery capacity will last the entire length of the power outage. Customers in the area may experience a service outage later today, lasting until the restoration of mains power.

If you have any additional questions, please call our Helpdesk on 0800 12 13 14.

8th November 2025

No incidents reported