The company will commission about 168 wind turbines along with the transmission lines neat the coast between Raglan and Port Waikato.

The turbines are restricted to150m high with a maximum of three 50m blades, which must be light grey or off-white in colour, with a low reflectivity finish.

Once completed, the Hauauru ma raki wind farm will be capable of generating electricity sufficient to power about 170,000 average homes.