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Communications with
various organizations
| institutions confirmed entrenched cultural
bias,
inertia, procrastination and denial. Such negative attitudes merely served to
prolong
the drought and increase costs to farmers, electricity consumers and
government.
The relevant authorities
were contacted in March. However, not
everyone was in favour of WM. The lessons of 1997-98 were ignored
and
the existing situation was exacerbated with a power
crisis (July | Aug) making its contribution. See correspondence
with
the Minister of Energy, Hon. Pete
Hodgson.
Current and past
WM activities have already made a significant negative economic
impact. Whether this becomes an on-going trend will depend on Pakeha
attitudes
to Indigenous WM.
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Negative
attitudes engender negative consequences
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Estimated
drought cost to May 2001: $ 530 Million.
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Cost
to December 2001: $ 1 Billion plus.
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A good "return" on an investment
of less than $1,000.
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