Overview of the potential ecological impacts of three offshore locations for wind farms in Aotearoa New Zealand
McKinlay, B. , van Helden, A. , Taylor, G.
November 2025
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Avoidance , Collision , Displacement , EMF , Entanglement , Noise , Vessel Strike
Birds , Fish , Marine Mammals , Reptiles , Sea Turtles
Immediate and short-term effects of pile-driving on Hector’s dolphin in Lyttelton Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand
Clement, D. , Pavanato, H. , Lenky, C.
May 2025
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy
Noise
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Environmental implications of future offshore renewable energy development in Aotearoa New Zealand
Hale, R. , Thompson, D. , Brough, T.
October 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Fish , Marine Mammals , Physical Environment , Human Dimensions
Developing onshore wind farms in Aotearoa New Zealand: carbon and energy footprints
Pincelli, I. , Hinkley, J. , Brent, A.
May 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Human Dimensions , Life Cycle Assessment
Overview of the development and application of wind energy in New Zealand
Zhang, Z. , Liu, X. , Zhao, D.
December 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Human Dimensions
Participatory Processes as Twenty-First-Century Social Knowledge Technology
Heron, E. , Heron, R. , Logie, J.
April 2020
Book Chapter
Marine Energy
Human Dimensions , Marine Spatial Planning , Stakeholder Engagement
Impact of pile-driving on Hector's dolphin in Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand
Leunissen, E. , Rayment, W. , Dawson, S.
May 2019
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Avoidance , Noise
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Underwater noise levels of pile-driving in a New Zealand harbour, and the potential impacts on endangered Hector's dolphins
Leunissen, E. , Dawson, S.
October 2018
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Noise
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Populist resistance and alternative transitions: Indigenous ownership of energy infrastructure in Aotearoa New Zealand
MacArthur, J. , Matthewman, S.
September 2018
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Human Dimensions , Stakeholder Engagement
Effects of Moorings on Different Types of Marine Habitat
Morrisey, D. , Cameron, M. , Newcombe, E.
January 2018
Report
Habitat Change
Birds , Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Demersal Fish , Invertebrates , Marine Mammals , Physical Environment , Sediment Transport
Vessel noise cuts down communication space for vocalizing fish and marine mammals
Putland, R. , Merchant, N. , Farcas, A.
November 2017
Journal Article
Noise
Pelagic Fish , Marine Mammals , Fish , Cetaceans
Sustainable Seas Ko ngā moana whakauka: National Science Challenge
Hall, J. , Thrush, S. , Ellis, J.
July 2015
Presentation
Marine Energy , Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
A Regional Ecological Risk Assessment of the Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand, Using a Relative Risk Model
Kanwar, P. , Bowden, W. , Greenhalgh, S.
May 2015
Journal Article
Marine Energy
Stakeholder Engagement , Social & Economic Data , Human Dimensions
Planning for Net Biodiversity Gains: A Case Study of Hau_uru m_ raki Wind Farm, New Zealand
Craig, J. , Kessels, G. , Langlands, P.
January 2015
Book Chapter
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Ecosystem Processes
The Cumulative Effect on Sound Levels from Multiple Underwater Anthropogenic Sound Sources in Shallow Coastal Waters
Pine, M. , Jeffs, A. , Radford, C.
February 2014
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Marine Energy
Noise
Marine Energy White Paper - AWATEA
Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy Association (AWATEA)
February 2014
Report
Marine Energy
Human Dimensions , Legal & Policy
Underwater Anthropogenic Sound: Understanding the potential impacts on the marine environment and the influence on crab larval behaviour
Pine, M.
November 2013
Thesis
Marine Energy , Tidal
Noise
Invertebrates
Numerical Modelling of the Effect of Turbines on Currents in a Tidal Channel - Tory Channel, New Zealand
Plew, D. , Stevens, C.
September 2013
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Tidal
Changes in Flow
Post-Construction Avian Mortality Monitoring at Project West Wind
Bull, L. , Fuller, S. , Sim, D.
February 2013
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Birds
The New Zealand Falcon and Wind Farms: A Risk Assessment Framework
Seaton, R. , Barea, L.
February 2013
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Raptors , Birds
Turbine Sound May Influence the Metamorphosis Behaviour of Estuarine Crab Megalopae
Pine, M. , Jeffs, A. , Radford, C.
December 2012
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Noise
Invertebrates
Tidal Stream Energy Extraction in a Large Deep Strait: The Karori Rip, Cook Strait
Stevens, C. , Smith, M. , Grant, B.
February 2012
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Tidal
Changes in Flow
Wildfowl 62
Rees, E. , Fox, A.
January 2012
Book
Waterfowl , Birds
New Zealand Falcon Monitoring and Risk Assessment, Hurunui Wind Farm
Meridian Energy
January 2012
Report
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Habitat Change , Collision
Raptors , Birds
Spatial Planning for the Gulf: An International Review of Marine Spatial Planning Initiatives and Application to the Hauraki Gulf
Hauraki Gulf Forum
January 2011
Report
Human Dimensions , Marine Spatial Planning
New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010
New Zealand Department of Conservation
November 2010
Report
Legal & Policy , Human Dimensions
The Marine environment: an acceptable alternative to land for locating renewable energy generation?
Goebbels, M.
January 2010
Thesis
Marine Energy , Tidal , Wind Energy
Human Dimensions , Marine Spatial Planning , Social & Economic Data
Flow Modification in Tory Channel
Plew, D. , Stevens, C.
January 2010
Research Study
Tidal , Marine Energy
Habitat Change , Changes in Flow
Physical Environment
Wave Energy Technology - New Zealand
Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy Association (AWATEA)
November 2009
Project Site
Marine Energy , Wave
Bird species of concern at wind farms in New Zealand
Powlesland, R.
September 2009
Book
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Habitat Change , Displacement , Collision , Avoidance , Attraction
Birds
Comparison of Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Embodied Energy in Four Renewable Electricity Generation Technologies in New Zealand
Rule, B. , Worth, Z. , Boyle, C.
July 2009
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Tidal , Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Human Dimensions , Life Cycle Assessment
Flow Variability in Cook Strait
Stevens, C.
January 2009
Research Study
Tidal , Marine Energy
Changes in Flow
Impacts of Wind Farms on Birds: A Review
Powlesland, R.
January 2009
Report
Wind Energy
Habitat Change
Birds
Tidal Flows in Te Aumiti (French Pass), South Island, New Zealand
Stevens, C. , Sutton, P. , Smith, M.
November 2008
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Tidal
Temporal Patterns In Ambient Noise Of Biological Origin From A Shallow Water Temperate Reef
Radford, C. , Jeffs, A. , Tindle, C.
May 2008
Journal Article
Noise
Invertebrates , Fish
Flow Structure Determination in French Pass NZ
Stevens, C.
January 2006
Research Study
Tidal , Marine Energy
Estimation of reef fish length by divers and by stereo-video: A first comparison of the accuracy and precision in the field on living fish under operational conditions
Harvey, E. , Fletcher, D. , Shortis, M.
September 2002
Journal Article
Fish
The “data-rich but information-poor” syndrome in water quality monitoring
Ward, R. , Loftis, J. , McBride, G.
May 1986
Journal Article
Chemicals
Physical Environment , Water Quality