In 2009, the Company upgraded and replaced 392 pillars, completed underground projects in Ōpōtiki, installed a new underground cable across the Whakatāne bridge to connect both Kope and Station road substation, installation of new high-capacity cable to reinforce the Whakatāne central business district, established a new SCADA disaster recovery site at Station Road substation and several reliability projects was competed that involved the installation of line