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EPISODE · May 25, 2026 · 4 MIN

Taranaki residents fear mobile tower will devalue properties

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A group of New Plymouth homeowners fear plans to build a 15-metre-high telecommunications tower in a suburban street will shave thousands off property values. Mobile tower infrastructure company Connexia has applied for consents to put up the tower on the road reserve in the suburb of Spotswood to increase capacity for its client Spark. Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.

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