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ZONE 2 STOCK WATER SHUTDOWN

This message is recorded at 5.30pm Monday 23rd August 2021. Stock water will be off tomorrow and Wednesday. We require the water off to progress emergency… Read More

ZONE 2 STOCK WATER INTERUPTION

This message is recorded at 8.00am Thursday 5th August 2021. Stock water will be off again today and Friday morning resulting in intermittent flows throughout this… Read More

ZONE 3 & 4 STOCK WATER INTERUPTION

This message is recorded at 8.00pm Tuesday 3rd August 2021. ZONE 3 & 4 – Race maintenance is planned to start tomorrow. Stock water will be… Read More

ZONE 2 STOCK WATER INTERUPTION

This message is recorded at 7.30am Thursday 29th July 2021. Stock water was reinstated last night and will be off again today and Friday morning resulting… Read More

STOCKWATER UPDATE

This message is recorded at 4.30pm Monday 26th July 2021. ZONE 2 – We have managed to get the Old Warren Road Eyre River syphon operating… Read More

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June 16, 2022

Science and genetics boost Fernside farm

Fernside dairy farmer Julie Bradshaw has applied learnings from a five-year National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) irrigation study to make science-based decisions while… Read More

February 21, 2022

Proving the benefits of subsurface drip irrigation

After trialling a subsurface irrigation system last summer, Cust dairy grazers Gary and Penny Robinson are keen to collect data and compare this with traditional irrigation… Read More

February 21, 2022

Embracing technology and adapting to market demand

Cust farmer Roscoe Taggart is a keen adopter of technology and will be trialling the use of variable rate base fertiliser over the coming months to… Read More

January 21, 2022

Swannanoa students help restore Burgess Stream

A biodiversity project at Burgess Stream near Eyreton received a helping hand from around 20 Swannanoa School students who planted 394 native seedlings during a planting… Read More

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.

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