Receive information on our underground network in the area you’re planning work

Submit a request on beforeUdig.co.nz or call 0800B4UDIG to receive information on the location of our underground network in the area you’re working in within 48 hours. This is a free service.

To submit your request, you’ll need to:

• Provide details of your planned work including date, location and the type of work you’ll be doing

• Draw your planned work on a map using the online mapping tool provided on beforeUdig

Organise for a Chorus technician to visit your site to help you locate our network

beforeUdig will connect your request to Chorus, to send a technician to your site and help you locate our underground network cables. Once the cables are located, the technician will mark them with purple paint as a digging guide.

There’s a minimum charge of $166 + GST for the first hour, any additional time is charged at $42 + GST per 15 minutes. Prices effective from 1st September 2023. If the cables located are our network distribution cables and are on private property, we’ll mark these out free of charge. If you’re working near our high capacity cables, we can remain on site while you excavate near them for no additional cost.