Appendix B:   Interview Schedules

INTERVIEW OUTLINE FOR FARMERS:

Background:

• Important to know the basis of each farm
• Tradition
• Landuse
• Knowledge sources
• CM:   Focus of research is on water availability for farmers in the Kakanui Catchment.
• What responses are there to the lack of water?
• Vegetation types (drought resistant)
• Irrigation (targeted?)

Water Availability:

• Allocation of water rights – experience
• Allocation of water rights – knowledge
• Fair?
• Enough (drought/non-drought)
• Water value – their experience
• Water value – how could they use more water
• Water Value – cost of water reduction
• Options open if Kakanui doesn’t met needs
• Reticulation
• Landuse change
• Increasing farm size (vision for district)
• Constraints on alternative options (e.g. lack of finance)

Proposed Systems:

• Which is better?

Interview Outline for Non-farmers:

Background:

• Connection with Kakanui Catchment
• View of the conflicts between users of water

Water Availability:

• Allocation of water rights – experience
• Allocation of water rights – knowledge
• Fair?
• Enough (drought/non-drought)
• Water value – their experience
• Water value – how could they use more water
• Water Value – cost of water reduction
• Options open if Kakanui doesn’t met needs
• Reticulation
• Landuse change
• Increasing farm size (vision for district)
• Value of Water

Proposed Systems:

• Which is better?

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