This would be sufficient to service up to approximately 1,700ha of new horticultural land in the area. Shares have already been sold to various parties who wish to take up the opportunity the planned scheme will provide.
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Matawii Reservoir in Waimate North, 7 kilometres from Kerikeri, is three quarters full. It can store 750,000 cubic metres of water. It’s mostly filled from its natural catchment. It has the ability to supply up to 1,700 hectares of new horticultural land in the area. Shares have already been sold to various parties who wish to take up the opportunity the planned scheme will provide.
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The official opening of Matawii Reservoir, Kaikohe, May 2023  1st.jpg)
The Tai Tokerau Water team with Chairman, Murray McCully (left), Regional Development Minister Shane Jones (fourth from left), Dover Samuels (second to right) at the Matawaii Resevoir in April 2024.
Matawii supplies water to a nearby berry farm and other businesses at the Ngawha Innovation and Enterprise Park. It’s also a backup town supply for Kaikohe and supplied water at the back end of last summer to ensure water restrictions didn’t come into full force.
Matawii was the first project nationally to be granted consent under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track consenting) ACT 2020 and is the first to be developed by the Trust as part of the larger Mid North scheme. It cost 16 million to build.
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Otawere Reservoir, April 2024.
Otawere will be finished in August and will hold around 4 million cubic metres. It has approximately 160 hectares of natural catchment but will also harvest water from two nearby streams during high flows.
Its dam embankment is being built from material sourced on site before it’s lined with HDPE liner.
Indicative image of the proposed Otawere reservoir.
