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Appendix A: Information Sheet for Interviewees

You are invited to take part in a survey about water allocation processes in the Kakanui River Catchment.
  This survey is part of a study for a dissertation through the Department of Geography at the University of Otago.   This survey seeks information on experience and attitudes towards the water allocation processes in the Kakanui Catchment.   A number of people will be asked to discuss their ideas concerning the water resource in the Kakanui River Catchment.   There are no ‘right’, proper or preferred answers.   We hope that each participant will present his or her own opinions about the water resource.
  The interview could take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, and will be held in your living room, office, or wherever is convenient for you.   With your permission the interviewer will take notes and if you agree - may record the interview.
  Your interview will be given a code so that you are not personally identified at any time (unless you wish to be).   The only person with access to the codes and the participants will be the interviewer.
  The survey information will be used and published in an academic dissertation as part of a Bachelor of Science with honours degree.   Collected information will be stored at the student’s home until the completion of the study, and will then be destroyed.
  The dissertation based on all the interview results will be completed by the end of 2000, and will be available at the Department of Geography’s library, and the University of Otago’s Central Library.   It is my intention to send a short summary of the dissertation’s main findings to all interview participants.
  Craig Milmine at 13C.R.D, Oamaru.   Telephone: 03 432 4065 or 03 477 6933 (Dunedin)
Email:   milcr920@student.otago.ac.nz Professor Peter Holland, Department of Geography, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin.   Telephone: 03 479 8783.   Fax: 03 479 9037.
Email:   pgh@hyperperth.otago.ac.nz

If you would prefer not to answer a question then we will move immediately to the next one.   If, at any time you want the interview to end, please tell the interviewer.

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