Te Waka Wind Farm
Encyclopedia
The Titiokura/Te Waka Wind Farm is a wind farm
project being developed by Unison Networks and Roaring 40s. Developed in two stages, it is located adjacent to SH5
in the Te Pohue - Titiokura area, 35 km west of Napier
, New Zealand
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Stage 1 of the project, Titiokura, gained resource consents in 2006 after an Environment Court
appeal. This stage is for 15 wind turbines, producing up to 45 MW.
Stage 2, Te Waka, was to have a capacity of up to 102 MW from 34 turbines. The Environment Court declined this application, after the hearing was held in December 2008. A revised proposal was prepared, this was declined by the Environment Court in February 2009.
Early stages of the consent process were administered by the Hastings
District Council and the Hawke's Bay Regional Council. Both stages of the wind farm are opposed by local iwi
, Ngati Hineuru and Maungaharuru-Tangitu Society.
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
project being developed by Unison Networks and Roaring 40s. Developed in two stages, it is located adjacent to SH5
New Zealand State Highway 5
State Highway 5 is the second shortest of New Zealand's eight national highways. It extends from SH 1 at Tirau, on the plains of the Waikato River to SH 2 close to the Hawke Bay coast at Bay View, 10 km north of Napier...
in the Te Pohue - Titiokura area, 35 km west of Napier
Napier, New Zealand
Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Stage 1 of the project, Titiokura, gained resource consents in 2006 after an Environment Court
Environment Court of New Zealand
The Environment Court of New Zealand is a specialist court for planning permits and environmental issues...
appeal. This stage is for 15 wind turbines, producing up to 45 MW.
Stage 2, Te Waka, was to have a capacity of up to 102 MW from 34 turbines. The Environment Court declined this application, after the hearing was held in December 2008. A revised proposal was prepared, this was declined by the Environment Court in February 2009.
Early stages of the consent process were administered by the Hastings
Hastings, New Zealand
The city of Hastings is a major urban settlement in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, and it is the largest settlement by population in Hawke's Bay. Hastings city is the administrative centre of the Hastings District...
District Council and the Hawke's Bay Regional Council. Both stages of the wind farm are opposed by local iwi
Iwi
In New Zealand society, iwi form the largest everyday social units in Māori culture. The word iwi means "'peoples' or 'nations'. In "the work of European writers which treat iwi and hapū as parts of a hierarchical structure", it has been used to mean "tribe" , or confederation of tribes,...
, Ngati Hineuru and Maungaharuru-Tangitu Society.