Story: Irrigation and drainage

Border dyke irrigation system

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

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

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

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How to cite this page

Terry Heiler, Irrigation and drainage – The post-war period, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/19605/border-dyke-irrigation-system (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Terry Heiler, published 1 March 2009.