Invitation for comments
On 21 January 2026, the Point Solar Farm expert panel released Minute 2 recording their decision on which parties were to be invited to comment.
Minute 2 of the expert panel (PDF, 442 KB)
Comments closed on 19 February 2026.
The applicant will respond to the comments. Read the original comments below.
Comments received
- Aoraki Environmental Consultancy (PDF, 1 MB)
- Canterbury Regional Council (PDF, 3 MB)
- Department of Conservation comments (PDF, 833 KB)
- Department of Conservation – Appendix A – Currently known solar farm proposals (PDF, 387 KB)
- Department of Conservation – Appendix B – Flora and Ecosystems (PDF, 181 KB)
- Department of Conservation – Appendix C – Risks to birds of construction and operation (PDF, 616 KB)
- Department of Conservation – Appendix D – Lizard Assessment (PDF, 3 MB)
- Environmental Defense Society comments (PDF, 326 KB)
- Environmental Defense Society – Walker evidence (PDF, 4 MB)
- Forest and Bird comment (PDF, 453 KB)
- Forest and Bird – Appendix A (PDF, 3 MB)
- Forest and Bird – Appendix B (PDF, 670 KB)
- Lodestone Energy comments (PDF, 105 KB)
- Lodestone Energy – Appendix 1 (PDF, 310 KB)
- Mackenizie District Council comments (PDF, 597 KB)
- Mackenizie District Council – Annexure 1 – Landscape (PDF, 244 KB)
- Mackenizie District Council – Annexure 2 – Traffic (PDF, 871 KB)
- Meridian Energy (PDF, 494 KB)
- Minister for Conservation, Minister for Māori Development (PDF, 492 KB)
- Minister for Energy, Minister for Climate Change, Minister for Local Government (PDF, 86 KB)
- Minister for Infrastructure (PDF, 418 KB)
- Minister for the Environment (PDF, 265 KB)
- Minister for the South Island , Minister for Hunting and Fishing (PDF, 214 KB)
- New Zealand Transport Authority (PDF, 706 KB)
- Ngāi Tahi comments (PDF, 299 KB)
- Ngāi Tahi Appendix 1 & 2 (PDF, 219 KB)
- Ngāi Tahi Appendix 3 (PDF, 77 KB)
- Ngāi Tahi Appendix 4 (PDF, 117 KB)
- Ngāi Tahi Appendix 5 (PDF, 109 KB)
- NGL Farms Limited (PDF, 8 MB)
- Te Rūnanga o Moeraki & Te Rūnanga o Waihao (PDF, 620 KB)
- Transpower (PDF, 3 MB)