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50 Years of Aotea. 50 Things We’re Proud Of.
Celebrating our people, projects and the Canterbury community. This November marks 50 years of the Aotea Group, and here at Aotea Electric Canterbury, we're taking the opportunity to celebrate something that matters to us - the people, projects,...
Beyond the Copper: How Aotea Electric Canterbury Is Changing What Happens to Cable Waste
Every construction site generates electrical cable off-cuts. For years, the industry's answer to cable waste has been simple: collect it, hand it to a recycler, move on. Aotea Electric Canterbury decided that wasn't good enough. The Problem Hiding...
Lighting Up Christchurch’s New Cultural Heart: Aotea Electric Canterbury and The Court Theatre
Some projects are just electrical installations. Others become part of a city's story. The new Court Theatre, in the heart of Ōtautahi Christchurch's rebuilt CBD, is firmly the latter - and Aotea Electric Canterbury is proud to have delivered the...
Pak’nSave Rolleston – Powering the South Island’s Largest Supermarket
Pak'nSave Rolleston: Foodstuffs South Island Client: Foodstuffs South Island Main Contractor: Naylor Love Services: Complete Electrical Installation Delivering a Landmark Retail Development When Foodstuffs South Island set out to build the largest...
The Long Run 2026: Every Lap for a Bigger Purpose
Christchurch turned up in true Canterbury style for The Long Run 2026 - damp, rainy and absolutely full of heart. For the fifth year running, thousands came together at Rugby and Malvern Parks to run, walk, cheer and fundraise in support of the...
Drummonds Jetty Electrical Fit-out: Lighting the Way for Akaroa’s Next Chapter
Our Aotea Electric Canterbury team was proud to handle the full electrical fit-out on Akaroa's rebuilt Drummonds Jetty. From marine-grade cabling to the new night-time lighting that now signals a safe welcome home. When the first boats eased up to...
Aotea Electric Canterbury Helps Power the Crusaders ‘The Long Run’ for the Child Cancer Foundation
At Aotea Electric Canterbury, giving back to the community is at the heart of what we do. That’s why we’ve proudly supported The Long Run every year, standing alongside the Crusaders and thousands of passionate runners to raise vital funds for the...
Aotea Electric Canterbury’s Award Winning Night at the 2024 Master Electrician NZ Awards for Excellence
Aotea Electric Canterbury celebrated a night of outstanding success at the recent Master Electrician NZ Awards for Excellence, where their expertise and commitment to industry advancement were recognised on a national stage. From individual...
Safeguarding the Future of the Electrical Industry: The Importance of the Apprenticeship Scheme in New Zealand
The future of New Zealand’s electrical industry depends on the new generation of skilled workers. With growing demand in both residential and industrial sectors, it is essential to nurture and support the upcoming talent pool of electricians. At...
The Crusaders’ Long Run 2024: A Milestone of Community Spirit and Generosity
The Long Run 2024, a Crusaders community fundraiser, held on Friday 19 January '24, set-out some ambitious goals to double the previous years totals. So with an aim of running 10K laps and raising $100k the event kicked off at 6am. Fuelled by the...
Guide To Commonly Used Electric Vehicle Charging Plugs
Installing EV Chargers for Homes and Businesses Across Canterbury A silent revolution is taking place on our roads. As the world transitions towards sustainable and eco-friendly transportation, electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining popularity faster...
2023 Master Electricians Apprentice Challenge Commercial/Domestic Winner
At a gala dinner held on Friday August 25 2023, at Auckland’s Grand Millenium Hotel, Jack Norris was crowned 2023 Master Electricians Apprentice Challenge Commercial/Domestic Winner. The Master Electricians Apprentice Challenge is an annual event...
Powering the Future of Fresh Produce Distribution
At Aotea Electric Canterbury, we take immense pride in our commitment to excellence in the electrical industry. Here are more details of a recent and ongoing collaboration with Countdown on a project to establish a state-of-the-art fresh...
Crusaders Electrical Apprentice Seminar
Our Electrical Apprentices were recently treated to a seminar on achieving excellence with Aaron Webb, Head of the Crusaders Academy. The Crusaders’ philosophy is simple yet powerful: “You win the game off the field.” It means that success is not...
Maxum Foods – Industrial Installation Project
CLIENT NEEDS Maxum Foods is a leading supplier and manufacturer of dairy ingredients to the food, health, and animal nutrition industries in Australia and New Zealand. They recently approached Aotea Electric Canterbury to tender the installation...
Christchurch Greyhound Club Track Lighting Upgrade
Aotea Electric Canterbury Servicing Division were approached back in October 2020 to provide a proposal to upgrade the original lighting around the Greyhound track in the centre of Addington raceway. Aotea Electric Partnered with Radcliffe and...
Flockhill World-Class Luxury Homestead
Dubbed the "Chicest Sheep Station in the World" by the foreign press, Flockhill Homestead is a new luxury guest home project designed in Craigieburn Valley in New Zealand’s South Island, by Christchurch architecture studio Warren and Mahoney....
Papanui Library IT & Electrical Upgrades
The Papanui Library closed for six weeks in 2022 as part of the Christchurch City Council’s (CCC) 10-year refurbishment programme for its libraries. Aotea Electric Canterbury was proud to be part of the Papanui Library refurbishment, providing IT...
Master Electricians Awards Of Excellence Gold Winners
If you are heading away on one of Great Journeys New Zealand's, scenic trains, you may notice an extra sparkle on the TranzAlpine and Coastal Pacific trains. The trains are serviced at KiwiRail’s Waltham depot and washed in the new Service Centre...
Historic Lyttelton Dry Dock Electrical Upgrades
We recently completed some long-awaited electrical upgrades at the historic Lyttelton Dry Dock. Read on to find out more about this industrial electrical project and the history of the Dry Dock. History of Lyttelton Dry Dock On 3 January 1883, the...
Burwood Residential Lighting & Electrical Project
One of our recent residential lighting and electrical projects was the electrical design and installation in a large 2-storey home in Burwood, completed this year. Partnering with the building company and landscape and pool contractors, we...
Sailing For Cholmondeley 2022
The Aotea Electric Canterbury team recently took part in Sailing For Cholmondeley - a sailing regatta to raise funds to support the vital work of Cholmondeley, one of the local charities we support. It was a great afternoon with a fair southerly...
Christchurch Stadium Celebrates 10 Years
Christchurch's temporary stadium celebrates 10 years this month. The devastating earthquakes of 2011 left Christchurch without a large outdoor sporting and music events centre. As a city with a strong appreciation of sport and music, the government...
Innovative New EcoPond System Cuts Dairy Methane Emissions
We were excited to be involved in an innovative project developed by Lincoln University and Ravensdown to drastically reduce the methane emissions from dairy effluent. With methane reduction being one key area the agriculture industry must focus on...
SCAPE Destination Public Art Installation in Christchurch
If you go into central Christchurch you might discover a giant melted pen hovering on the side of a building, a red rope twined around a concrete facade and exotic flowers suspended in a hothouse. The SCAPE Public Art Festival is live across the...
Reinstating Cave Rock Mast Lighting
We recently completed the installation of mast lighting at Cave Rock in Sumner with the help of Joe, Matt G, Nico, and height specialists Chris and Dean. A head for heights was needed for this installation! History of the signal mast The signal...
Life Education Trust Canterbury Duck Race
Life Education Trust has been educating New Zealand children for over 33 years. Today, they are New Zealand’s largest health education provider in schools. We are honoured to support the Canterbury Trust over a three-year partnership. We have been...
Ghostlight Film Series Midwinter Festival
The Isaac Theatre Royal is the spiritual heart of Canterbury’s vibrant arts scene. An iconic heritage theatrical venue that has played host to spectacular shows and spellbound audiences for more than a century. Over the years, its unique ambience...
Community Planting With Trees For Canterbury
On Saturday 24th July 2021 the Aotea Electric Canterbury team came out with their families to help plant trees with Trees For Canterbury. As proud sponsors of this worthy charity, the Aotea team rolled up their sleeves and joined other volunteers...
Burnside High School Student Tour
Andrew and Shane, part of the Aotea Electric Canterbury team, have recently taken a couple of students Banuva and Kahu, from Burnside High School, on a tour of several Aotea project sites as part of their Gateway Programme. Burnside High School is...
The Crusaders Visit Cholmondeley House
On a sunny Autumn day in April 2021 three Crusaders, Jack Goodhue, Oli Jager, and Leicester Faingaanuku spent an afternoon at Cholmondeley House meeting and playing games with the children. There was a lot of excitement as the players arrived at...
The Crusaders Visit Trees For Canterbury
Lots of new friends were made when Aotea Electric Canterbury welcomed Crusaders George Bridge, Tom Sanders, and Nathan Vela to Trees For Canterbury. The players got their hands dirty helping the charity team, who are all keen Crusaders supporters,...
Keep Your Electric Vehicles Running
Electric vehicles (EVs) are better for the environment and very cheap to run. In recent years, the demand for EVs has been growing due to the increasing choice of car models, government subsidies (EVs don’t have to pay road user charges until the...
Benefits Of LED Lighting
LED lighting is an energy-efficient alternative to incandescent or halogen lighting. LED stands for light-emitting diode. Initially, they cost more, however, the savings, in the long run, are worth it. LED bulbs used to be expensive, however, now...
Lighting Up A Christchurch Women’s Charity
Womens' Charity, Dress For Success 'Thrilled' With New Lighting Donated By Aotea Electric Canterbury Every year, hundreds of Christchurch women of all ages make the decision to enter the workforce. Some have spent years dedicating their time to...
Environmental Impact of Aotea Electric
Recycling 1000’s of Fluorescent Tubes At Aotea Electric Canterbury, we love the environment. We can often be found in the great outdoors of our beautiful country and we are concerned about the environment and how we impact it in our business and...
Gin Distillery Built In Containers
Aotea Electric Canterbury Servicing and Aotea Marlborough collaborated to get a Gin Distillery live and operational for the Elemental Distillers Ltd. Located in the heart of New Zealand’s internationally recognised wine region, Elemental Distillers...
Aotea Electric Canterbury Love to Ride Our Bikes
Christchurch is an amazing city – in the same day you can be surfing in Sumner then hop on the mountain bike and head onto some amazing mountain bike trails on the Port Hills and at Aotea Electric we love to ride our bikes. Why not take this love...
Save On Power Bills With Solar Energy
Solar energy is a great way to reduce your monthly power bills in the long run, while helping to reduce carbon emissions. For under $10,000 you could have solar panels installed on your home. Solar energy has become more affordable in recent years...
Award Winning Aotea Electric Canterbury
“The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It is doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.” Julia Child Award-Winning Electrical Projects Winning Awards is a bonus of the work we do. Every project and piece...
Refurbishment of The Christchurch Town Hall
Future Ready The heritage building, formally known as the Christchurch Town Hall of the Performing Arts, which originally opened in 1972, was seriously damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. After many years of debate whether to refurbish or...
Award Winning KNX Automation Installation
Shirley Boys and Avonside Girls School KNX Automation Project With approximately 1000 KNX devices across the site, and 18,000m of KNX cable this must be approaching one of the largest KNX installations in New Zealand. Our automation team won Design...
The Arcades Project
We were delighted to be a Gold supporter of The Arcades Project, an impressive series of six-metre-high vault-like frames that can be utilised as a transitional market space. The project was designed and constructed by Te Pūtahi to offer a...
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