Drilling is underway on the first of three wells for the Te Ahi O Maui geothermal power project near Kawerau. Following completion of this well, two further wells will be drilled later this year. Project Manager, Ben Gibson, says the drilling process will target known sources of geothermal fluid, which could be as hot as… Read more »
The Te Ahi O Maui partnership and an Israeli company, Ormat, signed a deal last week for the construction of a new geothermal power plant near Kawerau, New Zealand. The Te Ahi O Maui geothermal project is a partnership between Eastland Generation and the Kawerau A8D Ahu Whenua Trust, who are owners of the land… Read more »
Excitement is brewing across both the Kawerau township and Whakatāne district as a much anticipated project launches a new phase of development. The Te Ahi O Maui geothermal project at Kawerau is preparing to enter its first production well-drilling phase. Site works are currently underway to prepare the well-pads and later this month a well-drilling… Read more »
The Waiau River system appears to be in good shape following repairs to the sluice gates at the Eastland Group-owned Waihi dam, near Wairoa. The 5MW hydroelectricity station was out of operation from late last year until 23 March, following damage to the sluice gates caused by extreme weather in September 2015. The damage meant… Read more »
More than 2.3 million tonnes – mostly raw logs – was exported from Eastland Port during the past 12 months, a record that smashes the company’s previous best year. The total tonnage of 2.302 million tonnes eclipses the port’s 2014 result of 2.274 million tonnes, and is a 59,000 increase on the 2015 throughput, despite… Read more »
Last year, Eastland Group’s Speaker Series brought four influential, thought-provoking guest speakers to Gisborne: Spark’s Simon Moutter, Business Hall of Fame stalwart Dame Wendy Pye, sporting icon and Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy, and Vodafone CEO Russell Stanners. Today Eastland Group and Gisborne Chamber of Commerce announced some of the influential leaders who will… Read more »
Eastland Group will team up with the local branch of the Institution of Professional Engineers NZ (IPENZ) for a combined stand at next week’s Gisborne Herald Careers Expo. The company’s chief executive Matt Todd says the expo is a chance to “help young people and their families understand the options for a career in engineering”… Read more »
The Eastland Group-owned Waihi dam, which sustained damage during a severe weather event in September last year, has now been repaired and will shortly resume full function as a hydro-electricity station generating enough power for 1600 homes. The damage to the dam, which is 26km north-west of Wairoa, resulted in silt being released into the… Read more »
Eastland Group has now closed the last of three damaged sluice gates at the Waihi hydroelectricity station, 26km north-west of Wairoa. The 5MW hydroelectricity station on the Waihi River has been out of operation since late last year, following damage to sluice gates caused by extreme weather in September 2015. The company’s chief executive, Matt Todd, says… Read more »
A record 260,000 tonnes of logs were exported from Eastland Port during February, almost as much as an entire year’s throughput a decade ago. In the past month, 259,081 tonnes of logs and 5,580 tonnes of squash were handled by the port, a total cargo of 264,608 tonnes. “That’s our best month ever,” says Eastland… Read more »
