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EPISODE · Jun 10, 2026 · 4 MIN

Aaron Conner: Stewart Island Community Board Chair on power prices potentially going up in Stewart Island

from Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · host Newstalk ZB

Stewart Islanders are bracing for more possible power price hikes just two months after bills jumped almost five percent. Prices on Rakiura are already double what city dwellers pay. The island's fully reliant on diesel generators - with a solar farm under construction.  Community Board Chair Aaron Conner says in the meantime, they're just soldiering on. "It's the price we have for living in paradise, and while it's very hard on the elderly, we are so looking forward to having the solar farm - so we can lessen the price, hopefully in about six months' time."  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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