Sedimentation of waterways within the proposed 92sq km Project Hayes wind farm site will likely increase due to construction of the development, an Environment Court appeal hearing was told yesterday.
Fire, police, and ambulance services worked together to free a trapped colleague on Saturday during what was described as a textbook rescue.
Although some threatened flora and fauna species exist within the proposed $2 billion Project Hayes wind farm site, the majority of land is of moderate or low ecological significance, an Environment Court appeal hearing for the project was told yesterday.
A quarry situated off Old Dunstan Rd, between Clarks Junction and Rocklands Station, will almost certainly be used to source material for the construction of Meridian Energy's Project Hayes wind farm in Central Otago.
A 176-turbine wind farm on the Lammermoor Range in Central Otago could become a tourist attraction in its own right, allowing visitors to get "up close and personal" with the development, an Environment Court appeal hearing was told yesterday.
Combined visual effects of the Mahinerangi wind farm and the proposed Project Hayes wind farm would be slight, an Environment Court appeal hearing for Meridian Energy's proposed $2 billion Project Hayes development was told in Queenstown yesterday.
Vehicles travelling to and from Meridian Energy's proposed $2 billion Project Hayes wind farm will have a minimal effect on road users and residents in the surrounding Central Otago area, an Environment Court hearing heard yesterday.
Sections of Central Otago's Maniototo community will benefit directly from Meridian Energy's proposed $2 billion Project Hayes wind farm, the hearing was told yesterday.
Irrigation systems for Central Otago's public amenity areas are progressively being upgraded by the Central Otago District Council.
The loss of a $100,000 water tanker on Saturday could not have come at a worse time for the Central Otago District Council Rural Fire Authority.
A track through an alluvial goldmining landscape at Bannockburn is being realigned and upgraded by the Department of Conservation.
The public benefits created by the development of hydro-electric power plants are not provided by wind farms, an Environment Court appeal hearing for Meridian Energy's proposed $2 billion Project Hayes wind farm has been told.
The admission of further evidence on New Zealand's electricity industry was approved during the Project Hayes wind farm hearing on Thursday - and the evidence was then withdrawn.
Close to the first anniversary of her brother's murder, 17-year-old Sarah Hutchings is being dealt what she feels is a devastating blow by the justice system.
Largely depleted lizard populations on the "extensively damaged" Lammermoor Range will not be affected by the construction of Meridian Energy's 176-turbine wind farm, ecologist and lizard specialist Tony Jewell told an Environment Court appeal hearing against the development yesterday.
Truescape Ltd computer simulation specialist Tony Coggan, of Christchurch, was made to defend his methods of collecting and presenting images, when appearing as a witness in an Environment Court hearing against Meridian Energy's proposed $2 billion Project Hayes wind farm yesterday.
Integrating wind-generated electricity into New Zealand's transmission network would be cheaper than alternative options, an Environment Court appeal hearing against Meridian Energy's proposed $2 billion Project Hayes wind-farm development was told yesterday.
The integrity of an international professor was questioned during an Environment Court appeal hearing against Meridian Energy's proposed $2 billion Project Hayes wind farm development yesterday.
The Lammermoor Range of Central Otago, where Meridian Energy proposes to construct and operate a $2 billion 176-turbine wind farm, is an ideal location for wind energy generation, an Environment Court appeal hearing was told yesterday.
The 92sq km area of the Lammermoor Range where Meridian Energy wants to build its proposed $2 billion Project Hayes wind farm was not recreationally unique, an Environment Court appeal hearing was told yesterday.
