Wellington (Upper Hutt) lost all Tv3 channels

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JonnyCam

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#322961 10-Oct-2025 18:24

Anyone else on haywards transmitter having the same issue?

0 signal suddenly

100 signal / 95 quality on tvnz channels.

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#3424311 12-Oct-2025 12:04

Interesting that you lost TV3 channels. We're not sure where out signal comes from, but we're on the Western Hills of Lower Hutt and have been fine (UHF aerial) since Freeview started. More recently our signal has become weaker and weaker. Wtth so much bad weather recently even more so. Prime / Sky has become very weak even at the best of times. TVNZ has always been excellent, and TV3 usually good. Recent storms had reduced TVNZ to less than TV3, amnd recently it's become generally weaker than TV3. In bad weather, it's non-existent.
We're in the process of switching from UHF after an aerial guy failed to get a strong signal any where from our roof. We think the problem is a tree planted over our fence - in the 1980's. It has grown a tad - it's now enormous.

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#3424682 13-Oct-2025 15:57

An Upper Hutt Facebook community page has had the below posted after someone messaged Kordia.

Over the weekend, Wellington Electricity identified a downed line that is responsible for the mains power outage at Haywards (HWS).

Restoration efforts were delayed due to difficult access conditions, including a muddy track and the remote location of the downed line. To enable access, the track needed to be cut.

Wellington Electricity has confirmed that Treescape has completed the necessary track clearing, allowing linesmen to reach the affected area. Restoration work is scheduled to proceed today.