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Akaroa power network upgrade

17 July 2020 at 8:06 am

Orion is undertaking an upgrade to increase the resilience of its power network in Akaroa.

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Orion delivers on targets

13 July 2020 at 9:23 am

Local electricity distribution company, Orion, delivered on both network reliability and financial targets in its annual results to 31 March, released today.

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Arthur’s Pass predators put on notice

25 June 2020 at 11:13 am

Rats and stoats are on borrowed time as the Arthur's Pass Wildlife Trust prepares to set more than 130 new traps, donated by Orion, the local power lines company.

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It’s “gloves on” at community gardens

28 May 2020 at 11:22 am

It will be all hands on deck at community gardens this week as more people return to their favourite pastimes in Alert Level 2.

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New Zealand’s four largest electricity distributors come together to offer businesses payment deferrals during COVID-19

17 April 2020 at 11:33 am

Electricity lines companies Orion, Powerco, Vector and Wellington Electricity serve 60% of New Zealand’s electricity customers. The group has worked together to provide network payment deferral programmes to business customers on their networks.

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