Story: Irrigation and drainage
Page 8 – External links and sources
More links and websites
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Irrigation New Zealand
The website of the irrigation industry organisation.
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Living Heritage – Irrigation in the Duntroon area
Duntroon School created this excellent introduction to irrigation methods with a focus on North Otago.
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Sustainable Water Programme of Action
This page on the Ministry for the Environment website outlines the programme, which aims to improve freshwater management.
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Snapshot of water allocation in New Zealand
This report on the Ministry for the Environment website details water allocations in New Zealand in 2006 (PDF, 863KB).
More suggestions and sources
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Burton, J. R. ‘Water resources development – for what? For where? For why?’ New Zealand Agricultural Science 19, no. 4 (November 1985).
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The economic value of irrigation in New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 2004.
