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Students from Rangi Ruru Girls’ School and Christ’s College work together to prick out native seedlings at one of Eco Action Nursery Trust’s satellite located nurseries at Christ’s College.

Eco Action Nursery Trust donates 26 000 native plants to WIL shareholders

WIL shareholders recently received 26 000 native plants for on-farm biodiversity improvement projects thanks to a generous donation from Eco Action Nursery Trust. Eco Action Nursery… Read More

Health and safety key priority for WIL

WIL’s health and safety advisor Keri Harrison credits the willingness of the operations and management team to embrace change as the main reason for improvements to… Read More

On farm learning key for WIL’s new environmental advisor

WIL’s new environmental advisor Georgina (Georgie) Woods is relishing the opportunity to work closely with Waimakariri farmers on their environmental goals, while being based closer to… Read More

WIL receives $15.6M of government funding for irrigation storage ponds

Waimakariri Irrigation Limited (WIL) has received $15.6M of funding from the Government’s Regional Infrastructure Fund (RIF) for the construction of its water storage facility near Oxford which will provide a more secure supply of irrigation water for its 170 farmer shareholders. Read More

Swannanoa farmers Brian and Rosemary Whyte’s efforts to improve the environment were recognised with the 2025 WIL (Waimakariri Irrigation Limited) Shareholder Excellence Award for Environmental Stewardship.

Over 2000 seedlings planted by award-winning Swannanoa farmers

Taking positive action to improve the environment while involving the community in their planting project has proved rewarding for Swannanoa farmers Brian and Rosemary Whyte who… Read More

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Waimakariri Irrigation Limited

Address:
267 High Street
PO Box 556
Rangiora

Phone: 03 313 0200
Email: admin@wil.co.nz

The Waimakariri Irrigation Ltd Scheme is a shareholder-owned cooperative company with consent to take water 11.041 cumecs from the Waimakariri River. Water is drawn from the Waimakariri River at Browns Rock for distribution through 1,100 kilometres of open race channels to supply around 200 shareholders. The Scheme supplies farms covering approximately 30,000 ha within an overall area of 78,000 ha and is located between the Waimakariri and the Ashley Rivers and between Oxford and Rangiora townships.