Ahuriri River
Sir,—For some years I have come halfway around the world to fish the Ahuriri River, one of a number of overseas visitors who make this long journey, drawn by the unique combination of majestic highcountry scenery, easy access and great fishing. Now there is a project to divert water from the Ahuriri for irrigation. A pertinent question as to this project is: just what is the Ahuriri water intended to irrigate? And what crop can be grown in the incredibly stony soil of the Ahuriri Valley? Will it be thistles, or gorse or dog roses? The Ahuriri is already largely exploited today, bringing in money and creating jobs in the upper Waitaki by the tourism it generates and this at no cost to the ratepayer. If the proponents of this irrigation project must have water for their experimenting, let them make catchment ponds in the hills to store rainwater and snow melt, and not touch the Ahuriri—Yours, etc., GEORGE BEALL, Auglet, France. Written from Gore. February 26, 1983.
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Press, 4 March 1983, Page 16
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