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Kōrero: Irrigation and drainage

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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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 89 DA26,715

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

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

He kōrero nā Terry Heiler, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.