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Past Incidents

13th November 2025

Equipment Fault - Matamata Region

Latest update:

Lightwire technicians have attended site and replaced the faulty equipment. Engineers will monitor for stability but do not anticipate any further disruptions to your service.

We thank you for your patience while we worked to restore services to normal. Please feel free to contact us at 0800 12 13 14 or at support@lightwire.co.nz with any queries.

History:


[2025-11-13 14:16:07 NZDT] 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.


[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

7th November 2025

No incidents reported

6th November 2025

No incidents reported