Yakin cetun Manapouri

Yaƙin neman zaɓe na Ajiye Manapouri wani yaƙin neman zaɓe ne tsakanin 1969 zuwa 1972 a New Zealand don hana haɓaka matakan tafkunan Manapouri da Te Anau a zaman wani ɓangare na gina aikin wutar lantarki na Manapouri.

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Shirye-shiryen asali na ci gaban Manapouri Power Station sun haɗa da ɗaga Tafkin Manapouri har zuwa mita 30, da haɗakar Tafkin Manapuuri da Te Anau. An kaddamar da Kamfen ɗin Ceton Manapouri a wani taron jama'a a Invercargill a watan Oktoba 1969.  Daga baya ya zo ya nuna wayar da kan jama'a game da muhalli wanda ya zo tare da wadatar shekarun 1960.

 "A mafi sauƙi, batun ya kasance game da ko tafkin Manapouri ya kamata a tada shi har zuwa mita 30. Amma akwai fiye da haka. Akwai muhawara mai karfi na tattalin arziki da injiniya da ke adawa da haɓaka tafkin, kuma akwai kuma batutuwan shari'a da dimokiradiyya da ke tattare da dukan muhawarar. Abin da ya kama tunanin jama'a a fadin kasar shi ne tunanin cewa tafkin a matsayin mai kyau kamar yadda ya rubuta depouri da kuma depourit Manat.

A cikin 1970, 'yan New Zealand 264,907, kusan 10% na yawan jama'a, sun sanya hannu kan takardar neman izinin Save Manapouri. Duk da haka, Kwamitin Majalisar kan Manapouri da Hukumar Bincike ta Manapouri dukansu sun kammala cewa an tilasta wa Gwamnatin New Zealand a karkashin sharuddan Dokar Ci gaban Manapouri-Te Anau ta 1963 don haɓaka matakan Lakes Manapouri Da Te Anau don tabbatar da samarwa ga Comalco (yanzu Rio Tinto Aluminium) na wutar lantarki don Mai narkar da aluminum da ke Tiwai Point.

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A cikin babban zaɓe na 1972, Manapouri ya kasance muhimmiyar batu, kuma an zaɓi Gwamnatin Labour ta Norman Kirk a kan dandamali wanda ya haɗa da amincewa mai karfi na Ajiye Manapouri. 

A shekara ta 1973, Kirk ya girmama alkawarin zaben jam'iyyarsa. Ya kirkiro wata kungiya mai zaman kanta, Masu kula da Tafkin Manapouri, Monowai, da Te Anau don kula da kula da matakan tafkin, wanda suke yi har zuwa yau. Masu kula da asali guda shida sune Alan Mark, Ronald McLean, Wilson Campbell, Les Hutchins, John Moore, da Jim McFarlane, kuma dukansu manyan shugabannin Kamfen din Ceton Manapouri ne.

Damn Dam guda daya da aka yi rikodin kuma aka saki a cikin 1973 ta John Hanlon ya koma baya yana da alaƙa da Gangamin Ajiye Manapouri. Waƙar Hanlon asalin jingle ce ta kiyaye makamashi don tallata rufin gida, tare da kuɗin da aka samu daga sakin sa zuwa ga ƙungiyoyin agaji. Koyaya, tun lokacin da aka fitar da wannan waƙar ya biyo bayan nasarar nasarar yaƙin neman zaɓe na Ajiye Manapouri, yanzu an san 'Damn the Dam' a matsayin waƙar waƙar girmamawa ga ɗayan mafi dadewa da yaƙin kare muhalli na New Zealand.

A cikin 1991, an sake farfado da Gangamin Ajiye Manapouri tare da yawancin shugabanni iri ɗaya kuma an sake masa suna Power For Our Future. Gangamin ya nuna adawa da sayar da tashar wutar lantarki, don tabbatar da cewa Comalco bai farfado da shirinta na tada ruwan tafkin Manapouri ba. Yaƙin neman zaɓe ya yi nasara: gwamnati ta sanar da cewa ba za a sayar da Manapouri ga Comalco ba. [<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span>]

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 Damn the Dam da John Hanlon ya yi