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Kōrero: Irrigation and drainage

Border dyke irrigation system

Video file

Watch 1950s footage explaining how a border dyke irrigation system on the Canterbury Plains works.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Canterbury is a Hundred. National Film Unit, 1950

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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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/video/19605/border-dyke-irrigation-system (accessed 4 June 2026).

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