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For SNATM
- a song this time.
"THE BALLAD OF THE WAITAKI" is the story of how the Benmore & Aviemore Dams were built to harness the mighty Waitaki River into producing power for all of New Zealand.
The singer is Brendan Dugan, a NZ favourite of many years and he is standing just where I took this photo last week. The song was written back in the time when the dams were being constructed.
The Waitaki River is a large braided river that drains the Mackenzie Basin and runs 110 kilometres south-east to enter the Pacific Ocean between Timaru and Oamaru on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
The Waitaki Hydro system now has eight power stations with a generating capacity of 1758 mW, enough to supply almost a third of New Zealand's electricity needs.
I have heard that the Spill gates are open at the Benmore Dam for a few days just now and I hope to go there tomorrow with a camera :)
I hope you enjoy this little song with a story :)