No dam on the Motu
PA Gisborne One hydro dam on the Motu River would be one dam to many, the Minister for the Environment (Dr Shearer) said after a raft trip on the Motu.' Dr Shearer said he was against any spoiling of the wilderness - river ~fbr: hydro purposed and said, that "this was onedssiie where the case for .the 'environment must win£. . "
"His comments came at the mouth' of the eastern Bay of Plenty, river after he 'had joined environmentalists on the. final stages of a two-day raft trip organised to draw attention to the conservation argument.
Dr Shearer was convinced the river should.be left in its present state as an unspoiled wilderness, which is growing in popularity among wild water rafters.
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Press, 15 February 1982, Page 2
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