Tararua Solar Farm

Tararua Solar Farm is a 50 MWp utility-scale solar farm at Mangamaire, south of Pahiatua in the Tararua District, directly adjacent to Transpower's Mangamaire substation. Harbour Infrastructure secured the 90-hectare site and carried the project through resource consent and Overseas Investment Office approval to a shovel-ready state. The land is held under a 35-year lease to an established international renewable energy developer, who will build and operate the farm. Around 88,500 panels on 885 single-axis tracking tables are expected to generate approximately 72.7 GWh in the first year of operation, with grazing continuing beneath the panels.