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ZONE 4 WATER UPDATE

This message is recorded at 2.30pm Monday 5th January 2026. Water was turned back on at Wollf’s Road Siphon at 12 noon. Water will arrive further… Read More

ZONE 4 WATER INTERUPTION UPDATE

This message is recorded at 6.40am Monday 5th January 2026. There will an interruption to water flows this morning for a few hours to ZONE 4… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 2:30pm Friday 26th December 2025. The intake was re-opened this afternoon at 1.00pm today for stock water. Irrigation Water Irrigation water… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE:

This message is recorded at 7:15pm Thursday 25th December 2025. Due to continued rainfall in the catchment ECAN have flood warnings in place for the Waimakariri… Read More

XMAS DAY WATER

This message is recorded at 8:30am Tuesday 23rd December 2025. Emergencies only will be attended to on Xmas day Thursday 25th December. All irrigators wanting to… 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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