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Winchmore Irrigation Research Station

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Winchmore Irrigation Research Station

The Winchmore Irrigation Research Station, 16 kilometres north-west of Ashburton, was established in 1946 to investigate the benefits of irrigation in Canterbury, initially for pastoral and arable farming, and later for apple crops.

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Terry Heiler, Irrigation and drainage – The post-war period, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19604/winchmore-irrigation-research-station (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Terry Heiler, published 1 March 2009.