Tukituki Water Security

Project summary

Dam the Makaroro River and create a water storage reservoir to enable regional water security and sustainability, including:

• creating a reservoir (of approximately 93 million cubic metres, approximately 7 kilometres long, and with a surface area of approximately 372 hectares)

• constructing an approximately 83-metre-high dam in the Makaroro River

• releasing up to approximately 20 million cubic metres to ensure the provision of minimum flows in the Tukituki River

• an irrigation footprint of approximately 20,000 to 30,000 hectares

• a land exchange with the Department of Conservation.

Project location

Makaroro River and Waipawa, Tukituki, and Papanui Stream catchments, and 22 hectares at Ruahine Forest Park, Hawke’s Bay.

Project listing application

Tukituki Water Security application – Ministry for the Environment website