Where to after the last river has been dammed?

Fish and Game New Zealand direct this question to all the political parties.

"Where to after the last river?”

Hydro electric generation is often, and misleadingly, promoted as a clean, renewable energy resource.  While this can be true of the water itself, the number and magnitude of rivers themselves remain a finite resource.  A dam destroys the ecological integrity and natural free flowing nature of the river forever.  Despite this, calls for increased hydro-electric generation on our remaining free-flowing rivers persist.  We ask, ‘what will New Zealand do after the last river has been dammed?”  Whatever the response, the obvious supplementary question becomes “well, why don’t we go to those options now and protect New Zealand’s remaining free flowing rivers in their natural state?”  

Question:  Does your party support the continued growth of hydro electric generation, and if so, where to after the last river, and why not go there now?

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