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Landowner guides

Transpower has produced a number of publications designed to assist you in understanding safety and other requirements when working near our lines.

• Corridor Management General brochure
• Development Guide
• Easement Fact Sheet
• Irrigators and Powerlines
• Land Management Agreement
• Mobile Plant and Powerlines Brochure
• Trees and Power Lines Brochure
• Tower Painting Brochure
• Working on Your Land

Corridor Management General brochure

This brochure provides information to those seeking to develop land close to existing high voltage transmission lines.

Please note that Transpower's Corridor Management Policy (CMP) was developed to provide guidance to those seeking to develop land close to existing high voltage transmission lines. Since the development of the CMP the National Policy Statement for Electricity Transmission (NPSET) has come into effect. The NPSET requires district and unitary plans to include an appropriate buffer corridor.

Transpower is working with Councils around the country to ensure buffer corridors reflect local conditions.  Once identified and included in the Council’s plan this buffer corridor will have precedence over the CMP referred to in this brochure.

Development Guide

This guide raises awareness of the issues relating to developing land near existing high voltage transmission lines.

Easement Fact Sheet

Easement Fact Sheet.

Irrigators and Powerlines

This brochure provides guidance to operating large irrigators near existing overhead high voltage power lines, and suggests ways to avoid electrical hazards.

Land Management Agreement

This document is to record land management details such as acceptable access routes, conditions of access, tree management details and other land management arrangements, as agreed by the Landowner and/or Occupier and Transpower New Zealand Limited.

Mobile Plant and Powerlines Brochure

This brochure outlines the requirements when operating plant in the vicinity of Transpower power lines.

Trees and Power Lines Brochure

This brochure provides important information to landowners on managing vegetation near overhead power lines.

Tower Painting Brochure

Information on how Transpower maintains its towers through regular painting.

Working on Your Land

Working on your land - a quick guide to your rights, obligations and how we'll work with you:

- Working together
- Transpower’s rights and obligations
- Your rights and obligations
- What can you do around transmission lines on your land?
- How to contact us