Editing Manapouri (section)

== History ==
At the intersection of State Highway 95 and Hillside Road is a monument to the [[Save Manapouri campaign]] which marks the first mass [[environmental movement]] in New Zealand history.

The [[Manapouri Power Station|Manapouri Hydroelectric Power Station]] is located on the West Arm of [[Lake Manapouri]], with most of the electricity generated serving the [[Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter]] Workers at the power plant are ferried by boat from Manapouri, as there is no road access to the power station. Manapouri was declared the "highest consumer of water" in New Zealand in 2010 because of the power station, which consumes 41 percent of the fresh water consumed by the entire country.<ref>Dan Hutchinson, "Manapouri NZ's biggest water consumer", 8 December 2010, https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4433869/Manapouri-NZs-biggest-water-consumer</ref> In 2002, the Government rejected an application of a business, Southland Water 2000, to bottle 40,000 cubic metres of water in 20 hours, twelve times a year, before the water from the power station is released into Doubtful Sound.<ref>NZ Herald, "Fiordland water export scheme rejected", 8 April 2002, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fiordland-water-export-scheme-rejected/XQINOW24PDBE7BND7LXUXE4OUQ/</ref>