Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 23, 2017 18:04:25 GMT 12
IWI WANTS WIND FARM TURBINES KEPT AWAY FROM CULTURAL SITES ON RIVER
A Taranaki iwi wants turbines proposed for the region's first multi-million dollar wind farm to be kept at least one kilometre from multiple sites of cultural significance.
Te Runanga o Ngati Ruanui is seeking to establish Taranaki's first cultural cautionary zone along the Whenuakura River, which borders the farm site at Waverley where Tararua Wind Power Ltd (formerly Trustpower) wants to put a 48-turbine, $325 million wind farm.
Kaiarataki Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said there were 50 registered sites of significance and many others that had not been registered, along the river......
www.stuff.co.nz/business/92835589/Iwi-wants-wind-farm-turbines-kept-away-from-cultural-sites-on-river
A Taranaki iwi wants turbines proposed for the region's first multi-million dollar wind farm to be kept at least one kilometre from multiple sites of cultural significance.
Te Runanga o Ngati Ruanui is seeking to establish Taranaki's first cultural cautionary zone along the Whenuakura River, which borders the farm site at Waverley where Tararua Wind Power Ltd (formerly Trustpower) wants to put a 48-turbine, $325 million wind farm.
Kaiarataki Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said there were 50 registered sites of significance and many others that had not been registered, along the river......
www.stuff.co.nz/business/92835589/Iwi-wants-wind-farm-turbines-kept-away-from-cultural-sites-on-river
