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Dan Hutchinson 19/02/2026 Dan Hutchinson 19/02/2026

Contact offers $47m for KCE

Contact Energy has put in an offer for the remaining 24.98% of King Country Energy Ltd.

Dan Hutchinson 21/01/2026 Dan Hutchinson 21/01/2026

The new fifth unit at Mercury’s Ngā Tamariki Geothermal Station, near Taupō, has begun delivering generation to the grid.

Dan Hutchinson 04/09/2025 Dan Hutchinson 04/09/2025

Mercury Energy is close to completing a $220 million project at its Ngā Tamariki geothermal power station just north of Taupō.

Dan Hutchinson 10/07/2025 Dan Hutchinson 10/07/2025

Power generators are happy, and the summer drought is a distant memory with more than 350mm of rain falling in Taupō over the last two months.