The Mighty River Power share offer website was this afternoon buckling under the weight of hits as would be investors flocked to secure additional share entitlements.
The mightyrivershares.govt.nz website where individual New Zealand investors can pre-register their interest in buying shares in the state owned power generator later this year went live this morning but by early afternoon may users were experiencing difficulty getting onto the site.
Staff at the share offer's call centre advised trying again "in a few hours".
Some users that were able to access the site reported difficulties in completing the pre-registration.
Some investors on the ShareTrader.co.nz forum reported being stymied repeatedly as they tried to confirm their pre-registration.
"If this is any indication of how the whole thing will be run then most Kiwis will give up in despair or think they've registered and end up missing out", said one.
"I wonder if the website was designed by Talent2", said another.
Others said they'd experienced no problems.
"I have registered the whole family and all the members of the nearest cat colony - hopefully Gareth Morgan doesn't kill them off before the IPO."
Prime Minister John Key yesterday said individual New Zealand investors will be "favoured at every turn" of the sales process.
This morning Finance Minister Bill English and State Owned Enterprises Minister Tony Ryall another sweetener this morning in the form of an extra 25 per cent more shares than those who don't pre-register if demand exceeds supply.
