 This proposal joined the Quartz Hill site with the neighbouring Terawhiti Station – one of New Zealand's oldest and largest privately owned stations.A key feature of this proposal, from the Guardian's perspective was the siting of some 22 of the 125 metre-high turbines along the top of a long a ridge that looms immediately above the South Mākara Valley, where many of the members live.As soon as Meridian announced the proposal, the Makara Guardians mounted a substantial opposition campaign.