Farmers 'outraged' at Contact's conduct

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Last updated 09:13 22/10/2009

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A group of Waikato land owners say Contact Energy's behaviour has been disgraceful over the handling of its proposed $1 billion wind farm planned for the region.

Contact Energy is holdings its annual meeting in Wellington today, and a group of land owners plan to tell the directors of the company about their outrage over the Hauauru ma raki wind farm.

In the middle of the year, a board of inquiry considering Contact's application for the 180-turbine wind farm on Waikato's west coast agreed to adjourn the hearing for 12 months at Contact's request. The wind farm would extend along 34 kilometres of coast between Te Akau and Port Waikato.

David Walter on behalf of "outraged land owners" said in an open letter to be read at the meeting today, that Contact had a culture of riding roughshod over the public.

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