Far North Solar Farm
Far North Solar Farm is a New Zealand electricity generation company that specialises in the construction and operation of photovoltaic power stations. The company is Australian-owned. As of December 2025, it operates one solar farm, with one more under construction.
History
In May 2021 the company's announced its first project, the Pukenui. In May 2022 it announced a partnership with Aquila Capital to develop 1 GW of solar generation in New Zealand.In November 2023 the company announced it would apply for resource consent for a 420MW solar farm in the environmentally sensitive Mackenzie District. The project was subsequently scheduled in the controversial Fast-track Approvals Act 2024, creating a faster pathway to obtaining resource consent. The project is controversial, with "potentially catastrophic" effects on endangered birdlife.
The Pukenui solar farm was finally completed in October 2025.