Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 28, 2023 5:17:09 GMT 12
MĀORI POWER COMPANY NAU MAI RĀ UNDER FIRE AS CONSUMERS SHOCKED BY SHARP RISE IN BILLS, COMMUNICATION FAILURES
Customers with huge electricity bills are being left in the dark, unable to connect with their provider Nau Mai Rā as the invoices keep rolling in.
The business launched in 2019 as the first kaupapa Māori power company in Aotearoa and had been praised for using its company profits to help struggling customers pay their power bills.
But now some have tripled, and customers want to know why....
www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018896116/maori-power-company-nau-mai-ra-under-fire-as-consumers-shocked-by-sharp-rise-in-bills-communication-failures
IWI JOINS BIDDING WAR FOR RUAPEHU
The Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi has expressed interest in purchasing the Ruapehu ski fields in a deal announced this afternoon by Kiri Allan.
Allan, the Minister for Regional Development, also announced a $5 million injection to allow the liquidators of Ruapehu Alpine Lifts to run the company until a favourable outcome can be secured.
In throwing its hat into the ring, Tūwharetoa joins existing bidders Whakapapa Holdings and Pure Tūroa who were keen on the company pre-liquidation.
There is also an active Treaty claim over the mountain, which local iwi Uenuku expects to sign at the end of July.....
www.newsroom.co.nz/iwi-join-bidding-war-for-ruapehu
Customers with huge electricity bills are being left in the dark, unable to connect with their provider Nau Mai Rā as the invoices keep rolling in.
The business launched in 2019 as the first kaupapa Māori power company in Aotearoa and had been praised for using its company profits to help struggling customers pay their power bills.
But now some have tripled, and customers want to know why....
www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018896116/maori-power-company-nau-mai-ra-under-fire-as-consumers-shocked-by-sharp-rise-in-bills-communication-failures
IWI JOINS BIDDING WAR FOR RUAPEHU
The Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi has expressed interest in purchasing the Ruapehu ski fields in a deal announced this afternoon by Kiri Allan.
Allan, the Minister for Regional Development, also announced a $5 million injection to allow the liquidators of Ruapehu Alpine Lifts to run the company until a favourable outcome can be secured.
In throwing its hat into the ring, Tūwharetoa joins existing bidders Whakapapa Holdings and Pure Tūroa who were keen on the company pre-liquidation.
There is also an active Treaty claim over the mountain, which local iwi Uenuku expects to sign at the end of July.....
www.newsroom.co.nz/iwi-join-bidding-war-for-ruapehu