Planned wind farm causing divisions in valley community - Video

Re Project Hayes. This should not go ahead.
I recently crossed the Lammermoor range and this absolutely brilliant pristine environment must be kept for future NZ'ers. I might add there was not a breath of wind in my two days there.
I have seen the wind farms of the Manawatu, and in that environment, with mixed hills, trees, valleys etc the turbines are not nearly as intrusive as they would be in the great vistas of central Otago.
We should not put turbines, and all the infrastructure that go along with them into Central. There are much more appropriate and efficient ways and places of increasing the power supply than this destructive plan.
Irene....of Waihi.

Thinking windfarms are a sustainable, long-term solution for energy needs is simply egregious, small-minded, short-term rationale. Leave the natural environment of Central Otago alone, profit and so called progress are not worth the cost of land desecration, or the potential development-induced displacement of people that are a part of that land. Reconsidering our use of energy and curbing our consumerism habits would be a much smaller cost with far fewer future implications. Providing solutions also lie within us and the ways we choose to live.

I'm in a similar boat, yet in the North Island along the PROPOSED (yet was a done deal before publicly proposed) power line upgrade.

I've also been in a similar situation before where I was lucky to get out - just in time, yet NOT this time.

My neighbour's sold his property so TransPower can put in their MEGA towers without objection on the powerline path.

Those around it ( like myself) have NO power (no pun intended) or WEIGHT of SAY in the decision making process, nor will we have any compensation yet will have to suffer the aesthetic environmental impact, the noise and other negatives that will be IMPOSED on us.

Meanwhile the Power Company will profit from our LOSS!

The system should NOT allow the land owners to SELL out and thereby inflict or pass on hardship to neighbours.

We ALL AGREE that we need MORE power generation, however ALL parties who are impacted (needs better definition to include noise, aesthetics etc) should also be recompensed OR bought out at FAIR market rates and then onsold to parties willing to accept the NEW living conditions.

Companies with DEEP pockets and/or Govt backed seem to have ALL of the power then MUCK rake by calling opponents names and rallying public negativitiy towards the opponents.

Valid opponents who stand to lose quality of life such as suffering environmental polution from noise, sight etc should NOT have to be victims, whilst those who can make deals and profit can stand up and EXTOLL the virtues of the scheme.

I agree that Wind Farming is another form of farming, however you will NEGATIVELY impact your neighbours and profit at the same time. Your whilst valid, is also BIASSED.

I feel for the Masons and others like this.

I know we all want more power, however be fair to all in the process, not just those with the land needed.