Report and Decision
Appeal
The Department of Conservation lodged an appeal with the High Court on 20 June 2011.
The appeal questioned the legality of the Board’s discussion document about submitter comments made on the Draft Decision Report, and also requested specific ecological conditions be corrected.
The appeal was decided by consent order on 17 August 2011, and several consent conditions were amended. The rest of the appeal was dismissed.
To find out more information about the appeal, please contact the Hamilton High Court on 07 957 7700.
Final Report and Decision
The Board of Inquiry released its Final Report and Decision on the Hauāuru mā raki Wind Farm Proposal, as required under section 149 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) (pre-2009 amendments).
The final report and decision was provided to Contact Energy, the two affected councils (as a result of the Auckland Supercity those parts of the wind farm site previously within Franklin District are now within Waikato District), all 83 submitters and the Minister for the Environment. If these parties wished to lodge an appeal on a question of law, they had 15 working days from the date they were notified of the final report and decision to lodge their appeal to the High Court under section 149A of the RMA.
A public notice featured in major newspapers on Saturday 28 May 2011 and other local community newspapers on Tuesday 31 May, Wednesday 1 June and Thursday 2 June 2011.
Discussion of Comments of Submitters to Board of Inquiry (PDF, 648 KB)
Volume 1 – Final Report and Decision (PDF, 4.23 MB)
Volume 2 - Conditions and Schedules
Contact Wind Limited – District
- CWL District – Resource Consents (PDF, 245 KB)
- CWL District – Schedule 1 (PDF, 513 KB)
- CWL District – Schedule 2 (PDF, 119 KB)
- CWL District – Schedule 3 (PDF, 148 KB)
- CWL District – Schedule 4 (PDF, 180 KB)
- CWL District – Schedule 5 (PDF, 199 KB)
- CWL District – Schedule 6 (PDF, 3.04 MB)
- CWL District – Schedule 7 (PDF, 4.91 MB)
- CWL District – Schedule 8 (PDF, 243 KB)
- CWL District – Schedule 9 (PDF, 178 KB)
- CWL District – Schedule 10 (PDF, 6.95 MB)
- CWL District – Schedule 11 (PDF, 476 KB)
- CWL District – Schedule 12 (PDF, 351 KB)
Contact Wind Limited – Regional
- CWL Regional – Resource Consents (PDF, 228 KB)
- CWL Regional – Schedule 1 (PDF, 398 KB)
- CWL Regional – Schedule 2 (PDF, 88 KB)
- CWL Regional – Schedule 3 (PDF, 175 KB)
- CWL Regional – Schedule 4 (PDF, 194 KB)
- CWL Regional – Schedule 5 (PDF, 238 KB)
- CWL Regional – Schedule 6 (PDF, 6.92 MB)
- CWL Regional – Schedule 7 (PDF, 472 KB)
- CWL Regional – Schedule 8 (PDF, 5 MB)
Contact Energy Limited – Designations
- CEL Designations – Resource Consents (PDF, 204 KB)
- CEL Designations – Schedule 1 (PDF, 79 KB)
- CEL Designations – Schedule 2 (PDF, 120 KB)
- CEL Designations – Schedule 3 (PDF, 1.21 MB)
Contact Energy Limited – Regional
- CEL Regional – Resource Consents (PDF, 282 KB)
- CEL Regional – Schedule 1 (PDF, 121 KB)
- CEL Regional – Schedule 2 (PDF, 174 KB)
- CEL Regional – Schedule 3 (PDF, 217 KB)
- CEL Regional – Schedule 4 (PDF, 103 KB)
Volume 3A - Wind Farm Plans
(Schedule Two to the Waikato District Council Conditions and Schedule Two to the Waikato Regional Council Conditions)
- Title Page (PDF, 175 KB)
- Wind Farm Plans (PDF, 12.2 MB)
- Turbine Block A (PDF, 1.63 MB)
- Turbine Block C (PDF, 4.22 MB)
- Turbine Block D (PDF, 5.43 MB)
- Turbine Block E (PDF, 4.27 MB)
- Turbine Block F (PDF, 2.43 MB)
- Turbine Block G (PDF, 3.89 MB)
- Turbine Block H (PDF, 1.45 MB)
- Turbine Block I (PDF, 2.31 MB)
- Turbine Block J (PDF, 1.15 MB)
- Legend (PDF, 4.13 MB)
Volume 3B – Transmission Infrastructure Plans
(Schedule Two to the Designation Conditions and Schedule One to the Regional Earthworks Conditions)
- Title Page (PDF, 164 KB)
- Te Akau Substation (PDF, 6.72 MB)
- Matira Substation (PDF, 5.73 MB)
- Limestone Downs Substation (PDF, 2.25 MB)
- Internal Transmission Line (Part 1) (PDF, 3.14 MB)
- Internal Transmission Line (Part 2) (PDF, 5.50 MB)
- Internal Transmission Line (Part 3) (PDF, 5.33 MB)
- Main Transmission Line (Part 1) (PDF, 3.33 MB)
- Main Transmission Line (Part 2) (PDF, 5.50 MB)
- Main Transmission Line (Part 3) (PDF, 3.56 MB)
- Orton Switchyard (PDF, 6.51 MB)
- Grid Connection (PDF, 1.33 MB)
- Legend (PDF, 3.99 MB)
Last updated: 1 May 2012
