Friends of Beaumont Incorporated


About the Tuapeka Hydro Dam Project.

Preserving our Environment

Friends of Beaumont Incorporated is dedicated to having the Lower Clutha River area declared a hydro free area of New Zealand, with scenic and environmental reserve status for the native forests and Birch Island on the Lower Clutha River.

For further information please request by e-mail Friends of Beaumont Inc.

Links and Updates

Facts and Figures
Introduction and Background
Effects of Proposed Reservoir
History of the Project
About Contact Energy, and FOB update
Darryl Peirce's Story
Map of proposed dam.
Submission to Electricity Industry Reform Bill, 5 June 98.
Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee to the House of Representatives, 19th February 1999

Sale of Contact - End of Project?

Updates, 19 November 1998
24th March 1999

Update, 28th March 1999

Corporate Predators:
Simon Cook's story

News, updated May 20th 1999

Government refuses to abide by its own Select Committee unanimous recommendation to have the Beaumont land sold off.

Breaking news - 10/8/99 - Birch Island to become a Reserve - announcement and comment soon.

What is happening to Lake Mahinerangi?

The electricity market was de-regulated in October 1996. ECNZ and Contact Energy Ltd, plus other companies which are already in the market including Waipori Power, and other companies which may enter the market, will be actively competing for customers amongst the Power Supply companies.

We will keep up to date with events, and describe how it all goes in coming months, with updates of these pages (see February update, on the link, above, "About Contact Energy")

Sites you should visit:

Rainbow Linx - a NZ environmental Search Site.

Amazing Environmental Organisation Web Directory.

Enviro'Line Environmental Newsletter
The Environmental Newsletter is a free e-zine full of information about environmental resources available on the internet. The Environmental Newsletter e-zine keeps you updated about environmental information available on the internet without having to spend time and money searching for it.

International Rivers Network

SOUTHERN OCEAN REVIEW

New Zealand's first on-line Literary Magazine.

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