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The latest news from Orion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.