Mark Ryall
Transpower on outages across Southland and Otago
Transpower on outages across Southland and Otago Audio
Transpower on massive South Island outage
The national grid has had a major outage at the top of the South Island - cutting power to tens of thousands of homes from Blenheim, to Nelson and Greymouth. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Tuesday 1 October 2024
On today's episode, the Prime Minister is standing by his Associate Health Minister despite concerns she made policy decisions that would benefit tobacco company Philip Morris the most, the Resources… Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 26 September 2024
On today's episode, on Wednesday, ANZ's chief executive Antonia Watson told RNZ it was time for such a tax, and now we've heard that the Internal Revenue Department also is considering the benefits, a… Audio
Report shows massive power outage in Northland was avoidable
A report from the Electricity Authority's revels Northland's massive power outage in June could have been avoided. Transpower Executive General Manager of Grid Delivery Mark Ryall spoke to Corin Dann.
…Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 25 September 2024
On today's episode, a major new report into the massive power outage across most of Northland found it was entirely avoidable, 59 jobs at GNS Science will be cut, as part of the government's wider… Audio
Report into Northland power outage released
A major new report into the massive power outage across most of Northland found it was entirely avoidable. Transpower executive general manager grid delivery Mark Ryall spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Too many nuts removed from Northland power pylon - report
Human error caused the disastrous incident that cut power to tens of thousands of people in Northland and cost an estimated $60 million. The investigator's report says the inexperienced work crew… Audio
Transpower responds to power outages
An entire region, more than 100,000 homes and businesses, was plunged back to a time before electricity about 11:00 today when a pylon connecting Northland to the national grid toppled over… Audio
Transpower investigates Bromley substation outage
As the fire started raged along the Port Hills yesterday, soot affected the high voltage lines and caused the circuits to trip at the Bromley substation in Christchurch.
The local lines company Orion… Audio
Cat causes power outage in Napier
An estimated 50,000 properties lost power in Hawke's Bay when a cat found itself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Residents in Napier and Hastings reported losing power last night when a cat… Audio
Transpower manages to avoid power cuts in Christchurch
Transpower's urgent plea for residents in the wider Christchurch area to reduce their power use last night helped stave off forced power cuts.
The national electricity grid operator put out the… Audio
Coromandel power cut caused by piece of plastic
The lights were out far and wide in the Thames-Coromandel district, and even part of the Hauraki district for several hours today, costing some businesses big time.
All because a chunk of wayward… Video, Audio
Transmission lines, substations and towers
We talk to Mark Ryall, Transpower's Grid Service Delivery General Manager about the work done by the state owned enterprise's engineers. Audio
