A new kind of farming could soon be having an impact on the rural landscape - paddocks of solar panels instead of cattle or crops.
A UK based company has just been given approval to install about 330,000 energy producing panels on a farm in Waikato.
At the same time there has been a huge spike in enquiries from companies wanting to 'grow' more sustainable electricity generation throughout the country - but not everyone's impressed.
Sally Wenley reports.
