A Northland business leader says the large power outage will significantly impact business.

Widespread power outages began yesterday morning when a transmission tower toppled at Glorit, northwest of Auckland.

NorthPower says supply has since been restored to the majority of Northland.

Top Energy is showing 61 customers in Bay of Islands still without but warns there's potential for further outages as they manage load restrictions.

North Chamber chief executive Darryn Fisher told Mike Hosking that the business impact isn't yet known, but he expects it'll be significant with economic head winds already at play.

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One expert says investors have had to pay more attention to their long-term goals this year.

Ongoing inflation and changing economies have led investors to chop and change their short-term predictions as 2024 went on.

Sam Dickie from Fisher Funds explains further.

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Minister Shane Jones is still keen to bring back live animal exports sooner rather than later.

In an interview on The Country, Jones made it clear in no uncertain terms that live animal exports would be good for the economy.

The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further.

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