The work will see Northpower using a helicopter to pull transmission wires across the Waikato Expressway and Racecourse Road.

The road is expected to reopen at 4pm.

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11 Sep: Police investigating an eight-year-old boy's death are again appealing to Hamilton residents for help, to find discarded clothing

10 Sep: A woman will appear in Hamilton District Court accused of being caught drink-driving twice in four hours

06 Sep: One person's died and another's in a serious condition in hospital, after a two-vehicle crash south of Hamilton

05 Sep: Police are asking residents in Hamilton's Bader to report finding any white clothing on their property

04 Sep: It's been revealed an eight-year-old boy killed in an attack in Hamilton's Bader was allegedly attacked with a hammer, while sleeping next to his father

02 Sep: Neighbours have reported hearing a commotion from a Hamilton property where a young boy was injured, and died in hospital

31 Aug: A Hamilton man has been sentenced to five months' home detention after blackmailing a man he'd met on a dating app

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