✨ Irrigation Scheme Details
16 SEPTEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
Kerikeri
1. Description
Irrigation in the Kerikeri Irrigation district is provided by the following three distinct schemes which have been sold together as the Kerikeri scheme.
Kerikeri The Kerikeri scheme comprises two regions lying north and south of the Waipapa stream. Each region has its own reservoir which stores water throughout the year. Lake Waimanu in the Waipapa stream catchment has a capacity of 8.5 million cubic metres and can supply 1,283 hectares of orchards in the northern area, while the southern area is serviced from Lake Waingaro on the Waiwhakangarongaro Stream which has a capacity of 5.1 cubic metres and can supply 1,045 hectares. The lakes are formed by two earth dams and associated smaller dams and weirs on side streams and diversion channels.
Funding was provided in terms of the 1975 amendment of the Public Works Act 1928 with a 100% grant for the dams and other headworks and a 50% grant for works to distribute the water to properties. A 10-year suspensory loan for orchard development was available for 10 years from the date the water supply commenced. The loan paid 50% of the costs of reticulating orchards.
Puketotara The Puketotara scheme uses the same water source as the southern area of the Kerikeri scheme but relies on two pump stations to provide the supply. An additional 367 hectares receive water through this scheme. Supply commenced late in 1983. The scheme was funded under the Public Works Act 1981 which provided the same funding as for the Kerikeri scheme.
Kapiro Pungaere The Kapiro Pungaere part of the Kerikeri Irrigation scheme was the last to be completed. It draws water from the same source as the northern part of the Kerikeri scheme through an additional intake. Piped reticulation, supported by a number of pump stations, can supply 830 hectares. The scheme received funding according to the 1983 amendment to the Public Works Act 1981 with a 70% grant for off-farm works (headworks and distribution works). No funding was provided for reticulation within orchards.
Combined Schemes Water is gravity supplied through a piped system to about 90% of the southern area and, with the assistance of water turbines, to about 75% of the northern area. The balance of the areas rely on pumping. The design flow is 3,000 cubic metres per year per hectare. Water supply began in 1982 in the southern area and in late 1983 for the northern area. The Kerikeri and Puketotara Schemes were planned to serve 264 horticultural properties prior to subdivisions. Only about 135 hectares of the 830 hectares in the Kapiro scheme were developed for horticulture before the sale of the Scheme. Most of the water for the Kerikeri township is supplied by the scheme.
The Schemes were operated and maintained for the Crown by the Far North District Council (then Bay of Islands County Council) under an agency agreement until their sale.
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NZ Gazette 1994, No 94
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NZ Gazette 1994, No 94
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Sale of Crown-Funded Irrigation Schemes
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🌾 Primary Industries & Resources31 May 1994
Irrigation, Crown funding, Sale, Financial settlement, Kerikeri