System operational

Past Incidents

Sunday 15th November 2026

No incidents reported

Saturday 14th November 2026

No incidents reported

Friday 13th November 2026

No incidents reported

Thursday 12th November 2026

No incidents reported

Wednesday 11th November 2026

Unplanned outage - Kaiaua/Mangatangi Region

Latest update:

Lightwire technicians have replaced equipment affected by severe weather, restoring our transmission site. All services should be operational again. If for any reason you are having an issue with your service, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at 0800 12 13 14 or at support@lightwire.co.nz.

Engineers will be monitoring the site for continued stability. We appreciate your understanding and patience as we worked to resolve this fault.

History:


[2026-11-11 19:35:39 NZDT] Lightwire technicians will be attending the transmission site tomorrow morning (Thursday 12th November) to replace a failed piece of equipment.

A further update will follow tomorrow morning.

We will be working hard to get you back on line as soon as we can!

Please feel free to contact us on 0800 12 13 14 between 8am and 7pm or support@lightwire.co.nz if you have any queries,


[2026-11-11 17:03:23 NZDT]

Lightwire engineers are currently investigating a fault at our Fern Road repeater site which has caused a service outage for customers served by this site.

We will be working hard to get you back on line as soon as we can! 

Please feel free to contact us on 0800 12 13 14 or support@lightwire.co.nz if you have any queries,

Tuesday 10th November 2026

West Coast, South Island - Notification of Planned Maintenance for Mobile Services

An upstream provider will be conducting hardware maintenance to parts of their network. It is expected that Mobile services will be unavailable for up to 480 minutes across the outage window. Emergency 111 calling capability will remain active.

If you have any questions regarding this, please contact our Support Team on 0800 534 567.

Monday 9th November 2026

No incidents reported