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WindAction | Wind farm may put wildlife at risk

Contact Energy has touted its planned $1 billion, 55turbine wind farm in Slopedown as potentially producing enough green power for 150,000 homes. However, the consent application for the fasttracked project, released by the Environment Protection Authority at the start of the month, also shows the company’s own consultant ecologist warning changes may be required to the project’s ‘‘footprint’’ to avoid destroying habitat for threatened longtailed bats, New Zealand falcons, fernbirds and green skinks. ....

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Wind farm may put wildlife at risk

A massive wind farm proposed for Southland could put threatened species at risk, including New Zealand falcons and bats. Contact Energy has touted. ....

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Two greater Waikato councils sitting out moves on SNAs


Andy Campbell - Local Democracy Reporter13:31, Jul 15 2021
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Ōtorohanga and Ruapehu district councils said there was no legal requirement for councils to undertake the mapping process for Significant Natural Areas. (file)
TWO of the three King Country district councils are staying well clear of the Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) furore heating up in Northland and the South Island.
Complaints have come from Northland Māori where the scheme was described as a Government-led land grab by Ngāti Hau iwi representatives.
The SNA mapping placed 42 per cent of Far North District Council land under SNAs.
On the West Coast, an 87-year-old landowner said 70 per cent of his 607ha block of gorse and regenerating bush was declared an SNA. Ōtorohanga and Ruapehu district councils said there was no legal requirement for councils to undertake the mapping process that was upsetting landowners up and down the country. ....

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