The Waimea Community Dam has even more financial certainty today following the commitment of Waimea Plains landowners to purchase more than 3,000 water shares – raising $16.5 million of equity – in the initial public offering of Waimea Irrigators Limited.
Media Release – Irrigators ‘nearly there’ in funding commitment for Dam
Commitments for water shares in Waimea Irrigators Limited’s offer that closed yesterday have exceeded 90 percent, giving the organisation’s leaders confidence they will reach their goal. Undecided landowners are now being urged to apply for water shares while the share price remains at the low initial offer for a further week until 12 April.
Government formalises support for dam
Media Release – Share offer extended two weeks to accommodate need for more time
MP Nick Smith urges landowners to join Share Offer
Media Release – Share offer well received; confusion around coming water take changes
The effort to inform Waimea Plains landowners about the offer to purchase water shares in Waimea Irrigators Limited (WIL) has started strongly. Ambassadors report positive feedback from potential shareholders and applications for shares have already been received. However, misunderstanding exists for some landowners about the water take changes coming in November 2018.
Media Release – Share offer opens for irrigators to invest in 100-year community water supply
Waimea Community Dam Proposals Open for Consultation
Waimea Dam Partnership welcomed
Council, irrigators, and Crown formally agree to partnership
Waimea Water Augmentation Project Receives a Significant Boost
Today’s announcement from the Government that Tasman District Council has been granted $7 million from the Ministry for the Environment’s Freshwater Improvement Fund is great news for the Waimea River, says Waimea Irrigator’s Limited Chairperson Murray King. The funding will go towards the construction of a dam that will be used to increase minimum flows in the Waimea River, resulting in a positive effect for adult trout, small trout, eels, torrentfish, koaro, upland bully and food producing habitat.
Episode 20 of Rural Delivery (Waimea community Dam Update)
Waimea landowners urged to get in quick for dam share offering
Waimea landowners have expressed strong interest in purchasing shares in Waimea Irrigators Limited (WIL), a company established to advance the funding and construction of the Waimea Community Dam. The shares will be used to fund the minimum $15 million required from landowners towards the total cost of the dam.
Waimea Irrigators Limited Shareholder Survey Draws to a Close
Lifestyle block owners and irrigators on the Waimea Plains should have received an information document and survey in February. The survey is seeking expressions of interest in the purchase of shares which will fund Plains water users’ equity contribution to the construction of the proposed Waimea Community Dam.
Waimea Weekly Article
Waimea Irrigators Limited has been busy over the past few months, progressing activities relating to the Waimea Community Dam. This includes the preparation of a shareholder information document that will be circulated to irrigators over the next three weeks. The document was created to provide people with up to date information on the proposed dam project and to establish the level of support from water users, in order to proceed to the next stage.