August 18 2020
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Trustees to lead huge water project u by Paul Campbell
The newly established Te Tai Tokerau Water Trust to oversee water storage and distribution schemes in Kaipara and the Mid-North has appointed two new trustees to help deliver one of the largest infrastructure projects seen in the province in decades.
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Dargaville accountant Kathryn de Bruin and Okaihau civil contractor and businessman, Ken Rintoul, join Dover Samuels and chair Murray McCully on the trust. The project will have the capacity to store as much as 20 million cubic metres of water, enough to fill 8,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Two or three reservoirs are planned for the northern Pouto Peninsula in Kaipara and up to four reservoirs constructed in the Mid-North “I am very excited to be involved in the water project,” Ms De Bruin said. “There has been substantial investment by the government into Northland with this scheme. As the chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, I understand our job as trustees is to ensure these funds are well spent. “The opportunities and benefits the project will bring to our community are diverse, from providing jobs to securing further water supply for the Dargaville and Kaikohe townships.” Ms de Bruin owns a horticultural operation in partnership with her husband and is a director at Horticulture NZ. She adds that the development of the schemes will be transformational. “I am a vocal advocate for rural-based businesses, and these storage schemes will help to strengthen the potential and growth of our rural communities. We have some of the best horticultural soils in the country, but without a reliable supply of water, it’s hard to realise that potential. By creating the ability
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to store water instead of simply letting it run away, we can have it available year-round, which will allow landowners to plan potential land-use change with confidence.” Development of both schemes would allow for approximately 7,000ha of new irrigable land — an approximately 50 per cent increase in Northland’s current area under horticultural production. The Matawii reservoir near Kaikohe is the first in the trust’s plan, and it is hoped construction will start before the end of the year, providing up to 70 jobs. Other reservoirs would follow early next year.
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Ken Rintoul said the trust hoped the first phase of the scheme could be operational in the Mid-North by late 2021. “While everyone will probably agree we’ve had more than enough rain lately, it’s perhaps easy to forget that just a matter of months ago we were in the grips of yet another serious drought. This is an opportunity we need to grab hold of and make happen.” The project also aims to address disparities in Maori access to water for land development and the scheme is expected to lift employment by 12% in the Mid-North and 5% in Kaipara each year. ¢
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