In 2005 the British bank HSBC purchased 125,000 tonnes worth of carbon credits from Meridian generated by the wind farm.

In both cases, the carbon credits for Te Āpiti were from New Zealand's Assigned amount units allocated under the Kyoto Protocol.

The New Zealand Government granted the AAUs to Meridian Energy as an incentive for carbon neutral power development under the Projects to Reduce Emissions programme (or PRE).

[2] Previously constructed windfarms, including Hau Nui and Tararua, connected to the national grid via local distribution and sub-transmission lines.

The New Zealand online education programme, LEARNZ, conducted a virtual field trip to Te Āpiti Wind Farm in April 2008.