About

Our journey began, as many good Kiwi ideas do, in the backyard at home. We faced the familiar challenge: how to get newly planted native trees not just to survive, but to truly thrive through Hawkes Bay often-dry summers, especially away from a permanent water supply. Traditional watering methods were inefficient, wasteful, and frankly, a huge effort. This struggle sparked the initial idea for a smarter, more precise way to deliver water directly where it was needed most.

What started as a personal quest to nurture our own trees quickly revealed a broader potential. We recognised the significant opportunity for commercial growing, particularly in addressing replacement tree establishment and water efficiency challenges across orchards and vineyards. This led to invaluable collaborations with local commercial growers, with H₂Ortigator being rigorously field-tested and refined under demanding commercial conditions. Their expert feedback helped us engineer a robust, highly efficient solution built for scale and durability.

Today, H₂Ortigator brings that same commercial-grade precision and reliability back to every home garden, lifestyle block, and orchard. It’s a system born from real-world problems, perfected through industry collaboration, and now available to ensure all your plants, from cherished natives to fruit trees, flourish with effortless, continuous hydration, no matter how remote their location.

At H₂Ortigator, we believe in local production and quality you can trust. By manufacturing in New Zealand, we not only support our economy but also ensure our products are built to last, providing exceptional reliability.