{"id":11117,"date":"2014-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/think-waters-new-outlet\/"},"modified":"2014-05-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T12:00:00","slug":"think-waters-new-outlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/news\/think-waters-new-outlet\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Water\u2019s new outlet"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

The Australasian organisation specialises in irrigation, water tanks, pumps and filtration, fire protection and home and garden installations.<\/p>\n

Northland\u2019s new franchisees are Cam Walker, a drain layer and roofer, and his uncle, Waikato investor Colin Hannah.<\/p>\n

They manned the stand at field days, along with technical sales manager Patrick White.<\/p>\n

Walker has a lifetime involvement in water management, beginning with a drainage apprenticeship alongside his father, Robbie Walker, the manager of the Maungatapere community irrigation scheme, which delivers to 200 horticultural properties.<\/p>\n

Think Water Northland intends to work in irrigation developments in Northland and farm dairy effluent systems, Walker said.<\/p>\n

The Northland Regional Council is open to irrigation development and there are many areas in the province where irrigation would boost primary production.<\/p>\n

The only two irrigation schemes in the province are Maungatapere and Kerikeri, both built by the Ministry of Works in the 1980s and sold to co-operatives of the users about 1990.<\/p>\n

Centre-pivot irrigation development on Sweetwater Station near Awanui in the Far North to boost milk production has been proposed by Landcorp, the manager, and Maori owners.<\/p>\n

Walker and Hannah said the franchise structure enabled them to draw on environmental specialists and engineers, as well as partnerships with leading suppliers nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand\u2019s 14th Think Water franchise was launched at the Northland Field Days.\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t