Irrigation New Zealand has appointed former DairyNZ manager Vanessa Winning as its new chief executive. Winning will start her new role today; she …

… McNeill to bore for water on its property at Blackman Rd, Earnscleugh. … of McNeill, about irrigation and the latter advised Mr Johnston the flat area …

Local Democracy Reporting is a public interest news service supported by RNZ, the News Publishers’ Association and NZ on Air. Tags: environment …

The asset owners include the property owners in the rating district, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, KiwiRail, Rangitata South Irrigation Limited, …

Facilitate water storage and irrigation schemes while working in tandem with local groups and Government to fund and build water storage capacity and …

Highlighted in blue is where Wairau Aquifer gravels are likely being exposed to the ocean. READ MORE: * Calls for ‘birthplace of NZ‘ to be heritage- …

Harnessing and storing water for irrigation schemes should be the most important economic imperative for New Zealand to advantage from climate …

Auckland businesses are welcoming the relaxing of water restrictions but the mayor warns the city is not out of the woods yet with dam levels …

National Party spokesman for the environment, Scott Simpson, said less than 2 per cent of the water that flows over New Zealand is currently captured.

Comment: Derek Daniel, a Wairarapa farmer and one of New Zealand’s leading sheep breeders, challenges the government’s thinking on water, …