Wairoa River (Bay of Plenty) Wairoa River (Bay of Plenty) The Wairoa River runs north into Tauranga Harbour at the western end of the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's North Island. In the mid-1970s the Tauranga Joint Generation Committee proposed a hydroelectric power scheme for the Wairoa River. The newly formed Kaimai Canoe Club (established by Barry Anderson, Bill Ross, Kerry Smith and Peter Entwistle) opposed the scheme at the water rights headings, this was on the grounds that it would destroy fishing, sport and recreation for existing and future generations. A compromise was arrived at by allowing the release of water 26 days
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