Far North Solar Farm

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Far North Solar Farm
Company typePrivate
IndustryElectricity generation
Founded2019
Headquarters
New Zealand
Key people
Richard Homewood
John Telfer
Website fnsf.co.nz

Far North Solar Farm is a New Zealand electricity generation company that specialises in the construction and operation of photovoltaic power stations. The company is Australian-owned. As of December 2025, it operates one solar farm, with one more under construction.

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History

In May 2021 the company's announced its first project, the Pukenui. [1] In May 2022 it announced a partnership with Aquila Capital to develop 1 GW of solar generation in New Zealand. [2]

In November 2023 the company announced it would apply for resource consent for a 420MW solar farm in the environmentally sensitive Mackenzie District. [3] [4] The project was subsequently scheduled in the controversial Fast-track Approvals Act 2024, creating a faster pathway to obtaining resource consent. [5] The project is controversial, with "potentially catastrophic" effects on endangered birdlife. [6]

The Pukenui solar farm was finally completed in October 2025. [7]

Power stations

Operational

NameTypeLocationCapacity (MW)Annual generation
(average GWh)		Commissioned
Pukenui Solar Pukenui, Northland20.82025

Proposed / under construction

NameTypeLocationProjected capacity (MW)Status
OmeheuSolar Edgecumbe, Bay of Plenty34Under construction
Greytown 2Solar Greytown, Wairarapa175Consented [8]
MartonSolar Marton, Rangitikei District 41Consented [9]
The PointSolar Mackenzie District 420Proposed
WaiparaSolar Waipara, Canterbury135Proposed

References

  1. ↑ Denise Piper (14 February 2021). "New Zealand's largest solar farm proposed for top of country". Stuff. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Aquila Capital confirms 1GW solar PV pipeline for New Zealand". PV Magazine. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "A second large solar farm proposed for the Mackenzie Country". Stuff. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Plan to build New Zealand's largest solar farm in Mackenzie Basin goes for consultation". RNZ. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Fast-track Approvals Bill includes 10 new solar farms". Farmers Weekly. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Charlie Mitchell (3 August 2024). "Huge new solar farms could have 'potentially catastrophic' impact on world's rarest wading bird". The Press. Archived from the original on 20 August 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Yolisa Tswanya (16 October 2025). "Northland's new Pukenui Solar Farm to power 4000 homes after launch". Northland Age. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "Environment Court ruling clears way for Greytown solar farm powering 41,000 homes". New Zealand Herald. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "NZ solar project gains consent". ReNews. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.


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