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Towering over buildings and trees, it's a sight worth staying up late for. "I still can't believe how much of an angle they can get it up on around that bend without tipping the truck over," says truck enthusiast Hamish Price. It's no easy feat moving the blades up such a tricky road, needing a high-tech blade manipulator from Korea for the job. "It can tilt up to 60 degrees and we can yaw it out the side of the trailer 15 degrees," says Smith Cranes transport manager Mark Thomson. All so the blades can get around the tight turns of the Pahiatua Track.

First stage of NZ's largest wind farm to be switched on in October after year-long delay Newshub 8/05/2021 Alexa Cook First stage of NZ's largest wind farm to be switched on in October after year-long delay Replay Video UP NEXT The first stage of New Zealand's largest wind farm is set to be switched on in October, a year later than planned. Construction of Mercury's Turitea Wind Farm started 18 months ago, and it's not been without its challenges.  Looking more like a UFO than a wind turbine - the giant 55-metre blades are carried one-by-one up the Tararua Ranges. Towering...

Removal of its first tower crane signalled completion of the development is in sight.