Planned wind farm causing divisions in valley community

The aim of Meridian Energy's Project Hayes is to put 176 wind turbines on the top of the Lammermore Range, producing, when the wind blows, power for up to 250,000 average homes.The Environment Court is currently hearing evidence about whether it should proceed, and lined up in opposition are a high profile collection of people that include the painter Grahame Sydney and poet Brian Turner, plus rugby players Anton Oliver and David Kirk.Campbell Live visited . . . Complete story »