Electricity

Auckland's electricity outage sparks strange responses; journalists and authors striving to keep their sources secret; new Australian anti-terror law worries the media; no such thing as a free lunch?

Eighty-five-thousand Auckland homes are without power because of a fire at a Transpower substation. Audio

University of Auckland engineers John Boys and Grant Covic win $500,000 for their inductive power transfer technology. Audio

Dean M. Anderson is working on invisible 'virtual fencing' uses a mix of GPS and electric shocks to keep your stock where you want them. Audio

Insight looks at the fight to stop a new big hydro dam on the West Coast as demand for power increases Audio

As added focus goes on renewable power will hydropower see a resurgence in popularity? Audio

Insight looks at the potential of geothermal energy Audio