Mycoplasma Bovis – Waimakariri Irrigation Ltd (WIL) Response Plan

In response to the Mycoplasma Bovis (M. Bovis) threat to farms and herds in the Waimakariri district, WIL has made a commitment to manage this risk. … Read More

Waimakariri scheme intake closed for 24 hours

Waimakariri scheme will be shut down this monring, with the water flows from the intake expected to resume on Saturday morning. The shutdown is to allow contractors to complete concrete works on the main race. Read More

Waimakariri scheme intake closed for 2-3 days

Waimakariri scheme will be shut down today, with the water flows from the intake expected to resume on Thursday. The shutdown is to allow contractors to complete the process of lining sections of the main race and disestablish the bypass water channel. Read More

Advanced notice for stock water race shutdown – for week starting 30th July

To complete the main race lining works we have a scheduled shutdown for 2-3 days next week. The exact day of the shutdown is not yet known and is dependent on the progress of the contractors undertaking the lining process and relies on a number of variables mainly favourable weather conditions to complete the works. Read More

Closure for Waimakariri water scheme

This morning the Browns Rock Intake will be closed due to the approaching sub-tropical low and severe weather warning in place, which is predicted to bring damaging winds and heavy rain to central parts of New Zealand. 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