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This has been a tremendous relief for irrigators on the Waimea Plain - removing the need for rationing and having to reduce crop levels - as well as benefiting urban and commercial water users of council-managed reticulated supplies.
Just three Big Island rain gauges measured less than 100% of their average rainfall for February, with several spots in Kaʻū and on the windward side of the island recording rain totals up to nearly six times greater than average.
MARTIN DE RUYTER/STUFF Arvida chief executive Bill McDonald walks around the new residents' clubhouse at the Waimea Plains retirement community on the outskirts of Richmond. Referred to as the heart of Arvida’s fastest-growing retirement community, the residents' clubhouse has officially opened in the aged care provider's Waimea Plains village at Richmond, near Nelson. Since the first residents arrived 16 months ago, Waimea Plains on Lower Queen St has grown to include 83 villas and townhouses. The official opening of the clubhouse on Friday with a blessing by kaumātua Harvey Ruru was des...
“The weather has been trash – that end of October, start of November was very wet and came just when the boysenberries are flowering.” Harvesting machines at Edens Road Fruit were working to their full capacity to get the best possible yield last week, before being packed and sent to a nearby cool store to be frozen. During the peak season between mid-December and mid-January, Eden Rd Fruit would normally produce about 400-500 tonnes picked from its 30-hectare orchard. It processes 70 per cent of that in the first three weeks. Berry sizes coming into the packhouse had been good so f...