Ann: GENERAL: NWF: Court of Appeal Judgment

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					NWF
09/12/2014 16:45
GENERAL
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GENERAL: NWF: Court of Appeal Judgment

NZ Windfarms Limited (NWF) advises that the Court of Appeal has today
delivered its judgment on the appeal by Palmerston North City Council (PNCC)
against an earlier decision by the High Court. The Court of Appeal has
dismissed PNCC's appeal and affirmed the High Court decision, which set aside
declaration 1.9 by the Environment Court.

Declaration 1.9 held that NWF was in breach of its Resource Consent for the
Te Rere Hau wind farm by failing to build turbines generally in accordance
with its original Application for Environmental Effect.

The effect of the Appeal Court decision is to refocus the parties on the
Environment Court process. The parties are waiting on a decision from the
Environment Court related to declarations sought by the PNCC on compliance
with the specific noise conditions of the consent.  A three day hearing was
held in October and a decision is expected in early 2015.

The Chief Executive Officer of NWF, Chris Sadler, said NWF remained committed
to work with the Council and the local community to constructively resolve
issues concerning noise - rather than to engage in further litigation, and
would again seek discussions with PNCC on options for resolving the
outstanding matters.

ENDS

For further enquiries contact:

Chris Sadler
Chief Executive Officer
Ph (021) 918 216
[email protected]
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