NEWS

A worker installing a roadside sign has been critically injured after coming into contact with underground power cables in Rotorua.

A broadband cable was cut by civil contractors excavating for a new road culvert in the westward Marlborough Sounds.

Vodafone NZ says it has restored broadband and mobile services to customers across central and eastern parts of the North Island.

A gas leak caused after a pipe was accidentally ruptured resulted in emergency services being sent to Fitzroy on Saturday.