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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 140
23 NOVEMBER 2012
TRANSPOWER NEW ZEALAND LIMITED LINES BUSINESS
(v) Kapiti high voltage coalition
The Kapiti High Voltage Coalition (KHVC), a group of Kapiti landowners, sued Transpower in the High Court in relation to reconductoring works carried out on the Mangahao Paekakariki A and B lines before and during 2003. KHVC sought:
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judicial review and quashing of the Kapiti Coast District Council’s decisions to grant various Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) approvals for the works; and
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declarations that Transpower trespassed onto KHVC members’ properties when the works were carried out, on the basis that the works were not authorised by s23(3) of the Electricity Act 1992.
The case was heard in February 2012. A judgement has not yet been delivered.
Transpower has agreed to surrender some of the challenged RMA approvals and, after the judgement, will take steps to secure whatever new RMA approvals are necessary. If the trespass claims are successful, Transpower may not be able to access the works (or at least part of them) without obtaining easements, and damages claims might be brought, including by non-KHVC members. It is considered unlikely that any material liability will result from this action.
(vi) Various other lawsuits, claims and investigations
Various other lawsuits, claims and investigations have been brought or are pending against the Group. The directors of Transpower cannot reasonably estimate the adverse effect (if any) on the Group if any of the foregoing claims are ultimately resolved against the Group’s interests.
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