Environmental Engineering Reference
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Fig. 1
Location map of the HMR Wind Farm envelope
The HMR Wind Farm is not yet constructed, but was consented in February
2011. The proposed site is located along approximately 34 km of coastline on the
west coast of the North Island of New Zealand, from 4 km south of Port Waikato to
Te Akau, some 8 km north of Raglan (Fig.
1
).
Monitoring at the site of the proposed 27 turbine Taharoa C wind farm some
45 km south of HMR had confirmed the annual winter and summer migration of
tens of thousands of waders along this coast (Fuller et al.
2009
; Fuller
2013
). These
are predominantly South Island pied oystercatchers
Haematopus finschi,
, eastern
bar-tailed godwits
Limosa lapponica baueri
, knots
Calidris canutus canutus
,
