Scheme 'to power 47,000 homes'

By PENNY WARDLE - The Marlborough Express

TrustPower's proposed Wairau power scheme would generate enough electricity to supply 47,000 homes, the Environment Court panel considering whether the company should be granted resource consent for the project has been told.

Panel visits proposed scheme site

By PENNY WARDLE - The Marlborough Express

The Environment Court panel considering whether TrustPower should be allowed to build a hydroelectric scheme on the Wairau took a break from reading evidence to visit the affected stretch of river last week.

DOC deal to aid tern recovery

Black-fronted terns breeding on the Wairau River are in trouble with or without TrustPower's proposed hydro scheme, the Department of Conservation says.

Court officials aerial look at river

By Penny Wardle - The Marlborough Express

The judge and commissioners presiding over an Environment Court hearing to determine whether TrustPower should be granted consent to build a hydroelectric scheme on the Wairau River, got a bird's-eye view of the river today.