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Meet Our Electric Kiwi Juice Hacker
Have you ever wondered how coding can change the way we manage power? We’ve been on a mission to find out! Our Juice...
Breaking Up with Your Broadband Provider Shouldn’t Be Hard to Do
At Electric Kiwi, we like keeping things simple and fair. But we’ve noticed a problem in the broadband industry that’s making things tricky...
How our MoveMaster customers are saving money on a time-of-use plan
We asked our MoveMaster customers to share their tips and techniques on shifting their power usage to save on their power bills. These...
Why time-of-use plans are good for all Kiwis
With a time-of-use (TOU) plan, the cost of your electricity varies based on the time of day. You have a rate for peak...
Make the most of load shifting with Smart Home Devices
First of all, what’s a smart home? A smart home is a house that uses smart gadgets and technology to make life easier....
How to save money on your power bills with load shifting
By shifting your power usage to off-peak hours, you can reduce the strain on New Zealand’s power grid and you’ll be more likely...
App 2.0 is here!
We’re all about making things better – and our Electric Kiwi app was long overdue for some TLC, so we’ve revamped the app...
Big Four Gentailers Profiting at the Expense of Kiwi Households
The electricity market in New Zealand has been making headlines lately, and it’s not for the right reasons. The big four ‘gentailers’ (those...
We are back on Powerswitch
So great news, we have resolved our differences regarding fees with Powerswitch and we are back on the site. We were able to...
We’ve claimed the coveted crown of Canstar’s Most Satisfied Customers award for electricity!
We pride ourselves in delivering the best service to our customers – after all, our mantra is to ‘make it better’. With that,...
The STEM student we’re supporting this year
What kind of person appears in your head when you imagine a hacker? Are they male or female? In the movies, all the...
How to save on your power bills this winter
Winter is just around the corner, and you know what that means – hot toddies, skiing holidays… and unfortunately higher power bills. With...
This is how we can lower your power bill, by saving on water heating
Water heating is one of the biggest contributors to home energy bills, not helped by the fact that most hot water cylinders in...
‘Knowledge is power’: How this EK customer is saving with MoveMaster
And it’s working a treat. Because of the day-time power generation by her solar, flexibility of supply from the battery and her separate...
Best for bundles ALREADY? EK picks up award for energy and broadband
We knew broadband was in desperate need of a shake-up, but even we didn’t expect to take home the award forbest-rated power and...
We’re working with ChargeNet to make EV charging more convenient
If you’re an Electric Kiwi customer who also owns an electric vehicle… what a legend you are! And we’re happy to report that...
Solar 101
All of our energy plans come with solar buyback rates, the best of which belongs to our MoveMaster plan. We think this deal...
We’re helping to power free EV charging network JOLT
More and more Kiwis are swapping petrol cars for electric, but we’re yet to really see what a world of majority EV-ownership is...
How to use your battery to save with MoveMaster
Gone for a battery? Nice one. Batteries are a great way to flatten your energy usage to avoid peak times, and to save...
Our awesome trial to save on water heating
No matter how many people are taking showers and baths at your place, chances are water heating is one of the biggest contributing...