Kapuni Awa Restoration Project 2022

After major flooding on the Kapuni Awa (river) in South Taranaki in July 2021, Taranaki energy company Todd Energy invested in a 100m-long new rock wall. Around 1500m3 of land within the Nova Generation Solar Farm site was washed away during the major weather event, with sediment released into the awa. The solar farmland, owned by Todd Energy, currently homes Aotearoa’s largest commercial solar power plant. The rock wall has protected the site so it can continue producing renewable energy. Todd Energy worked closely with iwi, hapū, adjoining landowners and Taranaki Regional Council on the Kapuni Awa Restoration Project. Hui and hikoi with Ngāruahine, Ngāti Manuhiakai and Ngāti Tu ensured mātauranga Māori was enshrined in the project from the start including kaitiaki (guardian) monitors, sourcing of local materials and engaging the best local contractors for the job. Additional works have also protected a pipe bridge and the Skeet Road bridge, downstream and upstream farmland and infrastructure from further erosion.

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