NETcon offers a wide range of professional services to distribution lines companies, industry and consumers, including overhead, underground and earthing services.

They have a long history of quality service and commitment to their customers. NETcon specialises in design, construction and maintenance for all your electrical management and supply requirements. With a modern fleet, well equipped workshops and staff who know their jobs. NETcon customers know they are receiving quality results.

Their primary focus is on the installation and maintenance of aerial and underground power distribution systems from 400V to 33kV. NETcon provides a 24/7 faults service to their clients to maintain electricity supply to 43,000 customers.

NETcon successfully responded to the 2006 snow storm which was the largest storm on record.  Despite extensive damage to the entire network, restoration of power to 25,000 effected customers was achieved within three weeks. 

NETcon also acted in response to the windstorm in September 2013 which caused multiple outages within minutes. Over 100 power poles were down, and more than 1000 household in South Canterbury lost power which got reinstated within a few days.

NETcon Ltd is based in Timaru, 160km southwest of Christchurch and about 200km northeast of Dunedin on SH1. With a population of 27,000 Timaru is not a very big place but yet has plenty to offer:

• shopping facilities, cafes and restaurants
• pre-, primary and secondary schools
• sport facilities and sport clubs
• Royal Theater, art galleries and museum
• annual events, i.e. Food and Wine Festival or Festival of Roses
• Aoraki Polytech, and District Library
• Cinema
• Hospital

Being a coastal town there are plenty of recreational areas along the waterfront like Caroline Bay beach including the Aquatic Centre, a well established bay area including rose garden and aviary, as well as walking and biking tracks and a surf beach.  With rolling hills and native forests there are many places to explore for trampers, mountain bikers and cyclists. SH8 connects Timaru with the central South Island, mountains, lakes, canals and places like Tekapo, Mt Cook, Twizel and Geraldine which offer further opportunities to outdoor activities:

• tramping tracks and short walks
• ski fields
• water sports
• camping grounds
• fishing and hunting
• Tekapo Observatory and night sky photography
• annual events, i.e. Arts and Plants Festival in Geraldine