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Kōrero: Irrigation and drainage

Wild flooding

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Wild flooding

Wild flooding is when water is allowed to flow freely across farmland. It is a relatively cheap form of irrigation, but uses water inefficiently and some areas get more than others.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 42 19 K9,366

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Terry Heiler, Irrigation and drainage – Irrigation methods, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19636/wild-flooding (accessed 4 June 2026).

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