Harapaki wind project
Construction is well underway at our $448 million Harapaki wind farm in Hawke’s Bay, with more than half the 41 turbines now generating electricity and the project scheduled to be fully operational in September 2024.
Harapaki will be New Zealand’s second-largest wind farm, boosting the country’s ability to tackle climate change and accelerate the electrification of homes, businesses and the wider economy.
The site is located within the Maungaharuru Range in Hawke’s Bay, approximately 35 kilometres northwest of Napier. Its 41 turbines will generate 176 megawatts of renewable energy. That’s enough to power more than 70,000 average New Zealand homes.
Construction
The construction of the Harapaki wind farm has been challenging, with a three-month delay caused by Cylone Gabrielle and other weather events. However, some excellent work by the Meridian project team, Transpower, Waka Kotahi and our construction partners has seen us make up a lot of valuable time.
The entire construction process will take around three years and has created around 260 new jobs.
Enquiries
For general enquiries contact: harapaki@meridian.co.nz
For media enquiries contact: mediateam@meridian.co.nz
Our other wind farms
It gets pretty blustery in New Zealand – which is good news for us wind farmers. We have five wind farms spread from Waikato to Southland, plus the iconic, solitary wind turbine in Brooklyn, Wellington. We’ve also designed and built a wind farm at Ross Island in Antarctica that provides power to Scott Base and McMurdo research stations.
Education Resources
We reckon that by teaching Kiwi kids how we make clean energy, they’ll continue the mahi to keep Papatūānuku in good shape for our future. That’s why we’ve come up with some downloadable education resources that are aligned with the New Zealand school curriculum and have been designed and reviewed by New Zealand teachers.
Jobs at Harapaki
Interested in working at our Harapaki wind farm?