Unplanned Incident Thursday 17th September 2026 10:13:00


Latest update:

Earlier today, routine core network maintenance resulted in an unexpected outage of up to five minutes, affecting some customers' data and voice services. This has since been resolved.

To permanently fix the issue, emergency network maintenance is scheduled for tonight, 17 September, at 10pm and we do not expect further disruption in the mean time. A full RFO (Reason for Outage) report will follow in the coming days and will be sent to affected customers.

We're sorry for the dispruption caused and are keen to get the full picture to you as soon as possible. If you are continuing to expeirence issues with your service, please reach out to our service desk for assistance.

History:


[2026-09-17 10:30:34 NZST] Lightwire Engineers believe they have resolved the issue and that all sessions should have recovered. We are continuing to monitor the situation and will be in touch with another update shortly.


[2026-09-17 10:26:19 NZST] Lightwire Engineers believe they have resolved the issue and that all sessions should have recovered. We are continuing to monitor the situation and will be in touch with another update shortly.


[2026-09-17 10:13:27 NZST] Lightwire Engineers are investigating a potential issue affecting Lightwire services. We don't have much detail just yet sorry, but senior engineers are looking into it with urgency and we will provide more information as soon as possible.