IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 & Zone 4 OFF Sunday 21st March 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 56.0 cumecs for tomorrow Sunday 21st March 2021 and reduced the water take to 68%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Thursday 18th March 2021.

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 128.0 cumecs for Thursday 18th March 2021 and increased our take to 100% allocation. ZONE… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 4 OFF Wednesday 17th March 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 44.7 cumecs for tomorrow Wednesday 17th March 2021 and reduced the water take to 17%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 OFF Tuesday 16th March 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 45.7 cumecs for tomorrow Tuesday 16th March 2021 and reduced the water take to 22%… Read More

WAIMAKARIRI RIVER UPDATE

This message is recorded at 5.30pm Saturday 6th March 2021. After an extended dry period rain has fallen in the upper catchment. 200mm was recorded in… Read More

July 15, 2026
Hunters Stream Community Group receives $10 000 environmental award

Hunters Stream Community Group receives $10 000 environmental award

Hunters Stream Community Group has received $10 000 from the Westpac Water Care Project to expand a riparian corridor along the stream which runs through farms… Read More
July 5, 2026
Georgie Woods wins RAS Rural Ambassador competition

Georgie Woods wins RAS Rural Ambassador competition

Waimakariri Irrigation Limited’s (WIL’s) environmental advisor Georgie Woods has won the 2026 Royal Agricultural Society’s Rural Ambassador competition and is excited to represent the next generation… Read More
May 7, 2026

Preschoolers take the lead with innovative biodiversity project

A group of 25 Cust Preschool children recently planted 500 native seedlings at Jack Graham Reserve in Cust. The preschool is part of a seedlings in… Read More
December 8, 2025
Dan Cameron helps West Eyreton school students Liam O’Malley (9) and Keira Mather (8) plant a native seedling at Bennetts Stream near Oxford.

West Eyreton students plant 250 seedlings at Bennetts Stream

Last month, a group of 20 year 3 and year 4 students from West Eyreton School planted 250 native seedlings which they had grown in their… Read More