The system is experiencing issues

Past Incidents

30th January 2023

Unplanned Event - Kauaeranga Valley Transmission Site

Lightwire Engineers are currently investigating a possible fault at our Kauaeranga Valley Transmission Site, causing an outage to your connection.

We will be working hard to get you back on line as soon as we can! Adjacent sites will be using back up pathways until this is resolved. Please feel free to contact us on 0800 12 13 14 if you have any queries.

29th January 2023

No incidents reported

28th January 2023

Degraded Service - Tirohia and Richmond Downs Regions

Latest update:

Update: Lightwire Engineers have investigated the fault but are unable to resolve it remotely. A Lightwire technician will need to visit and has been dispatched to attempt fault resolution. Please feel free to contact us on 0800 12 13 14 if you have any queries.

History:


[2023-01-28 13:23:34 NZDT] Lightwire Engineers have become aware of a fault on our transmission links, at our Tirohia and Henry Watson Road Sites. This is affecting serviceability for these areas. Engineers are currently investigating the root cause, but until a fix is implemented, you may experience intermittent connection quality and degraded service. Adjacent sites of Kaimai Ranges and Wairakau may experience some degraded services while these sites use back up pathways.

We will be working hard to get you back up and running but if you have any questions or concerns in the meantime please reach out to us at 0800 12 13 14.

Unplanned Event Risk Warning - Mains Power Outage - Te Weraiti Transmission Site

Lightwire has been informed of an outage to mains power supplying the Te Weraiti transmission site. While our site has backup battery power, there is a chance that in the event of an extended outage, or factors outside of Lightwire's control, you may lose your connection. We will be working hard to get you back on line as soon as we can! Please feel free to contact us on 0800 12 13 14 if you have any queries.

Unplanned Event - Mains Power Outage - Limestone Downs Transmission Site

Lightwire has been informed of an outage to mains power supplying the Limestone Downs transmission site. While our site has backup battery power, there is a chance that in the event of an extended outage, or factors outside of Lightwire's control, you may lose your connection. Subsequently some adjacent transmissions sites that connect through Limestone Downs may also lose connection. We will be working hard to get you back on line as soon as we can! Please feel free to contact us on 0800 12 13 14 if you have any queries.

27th January 2023

No incidents reported

26th January 2023

No incidents reported

25th January 2023

No incidents reported

24th January 2023

No incidents reported

23rd January 2023

Unplanned Network Event - Emergency Carrier Maintenance

Lightwire has been informed by our upstream carrier that emergency maintenance is required on their network during the specified outage window.

There will be up to a 2 hour service outage during the specified outage window.

If your connection remains offline after the specified outage period, please reboot all on-site equipment. If your connection remains offline after this step, please do not hesitate to contact our support number on 1300 016 678