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Kōrero: Irrigation and drainage

Traversing irrigation unit

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Traversing irrigation unit

A traversing irrigation unit is similar to a centre pivot system except that neither end is fixed and the whole spray line moves across a paddock, irrigating a rectangular area. This large unit is operating in the Mackenzie Country.

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Otago Daily Times

by Gerard O'Brien

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Terry Heiler, Irrigation and drainage – Irrigation methods, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19640/traversing-irrigation-unit (accessed 4 June 2026).

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