{"id":547835,"date":"2026-07-28T12:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/547835\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:37:16","slug":"how-the-icy-blast-is-testing-nzs-power-system-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/547835\/","title":{"rendered":"How the icy blast is testing NZ&#039;s power system &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxOSHFUT3FuS0ZVQzZ2dUJJZ2Flcm5qdkpVOHNqbEptbkVwaDVoZkhHazM3OEVLeEthRG9xWDhOTVZoNG03a1FXZGlyVS1TR3lvNVNkYzRKbG43bEVQNGRyY0V3cko2S0Q4NWJYbVh3QzJ3SFpmY0x6cnYxMi1wQ25SX3pHRWthY0FNNGhkaXc4elJiNUVXeVdaa1NZenAxUkhnNVhUSk1pZXRjd3NQOFJHZVlPbEd2QTkxZ0o3REpJUE5fdEt4RWNHTHlQWGgyZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How the icy blast is testing NZ&#8217;s power system<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxOUXhKb3kwaFZRSmc1cHNmTUJ2OW9mRUhiSXozM2hXb3VMRVNiREdIY2JSc2VrLTBwOWdIVHFZWHFhSXZHZ2NlWndQSUMtQS1XTW1zU2FBdklSbEY2cWNRLVN2OW5oTG1lV0lhNTV1dmdCczBhOXZ5SC1MeUNEOTJ1eU03ZGk2UEVCa2hzMDBIMm9CN3VXMmdvaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Record power demand as Kiwis crank up heaters in bitter cold<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxOcUFwdkg0elVPc2xqaDVvRHl0YzMwZnd6MjJQY3E4ZFppcV9adFFfRjJJTy1aVXB3SExoWWlReE15WGV0SWhnMFpxWV9BM3pyLUVTX2gta24xU2NCazhWeTZBQUZBSWZ4b0RodUg0QzdXNW1Bc1BleWg3cVJqLTNkUVgzZXFQMTZMUXFGS3NjUDQ1bFlkZnBOajQtUV9zbU1sQS1xTTB3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cold snap puts power in short supply, despite full hydro lakes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;thepost.co.nz<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxQblhJVWVNSGxPTGdHQzZVdVJiZFhqZi02MVMxeU10M0FXQzdXMDJ6SnpvY0c4eDE2Mm9MZS0xUlVPSUhGRmhBWi1aTnR1alMzdHZBcF9zY1F6VHBETDhvblJCR0o5Qko5M2h6QUUxMTV0bDJGYXVGcmpnSWY1dGxmYlI3dkdmRWEwOUdJWDlLTFlKOW1Gd2pwdTB1MmpBZEtlUnl3a29IMVMzeUxOQ1gwVXJLUEgyeVJvMkdpb0RFMFZ3WVZQT2VWcQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NZ burns diesel for electricity during cold snap, despite Middle East fuel security fears<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;thepost.co.nz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How the icy blast is testing NZ&#8217;s power system&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldRecord power demand as Kiwis crank up heaters in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[41242,534,45290,138,2841,4190,198725,146142,29137,111,139,69,1118,17711,13028,10112,267324,38666,14039,8218],"class_list":["post-547835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-alert","tag-amid","tag-blast","tag-business","tag-country","tag-demand","tag-generators","tag-icy","tag-keeping","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-parts","tag-peak","tag-power","tag-subzero","tag-temperatures","tag-transpower","tag-warns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}