Business Rural Autumn 2021

80 | Fencing products tested on toughest terrain Kelly Deeks RURAL SERVICES » NZ Fencing Solutions • to page 81 A fter 20 years of building fences on his mid- Canterbury high country Black Hill Station, Duncan Ensor started New Zealand Fencing Solutions to supply the products he has sourced, had custom made, and tested in his own extremely challenging country. “Over the past 20 years, we have built the majority of our new fencing ourselves,” he says. “Because we started by sourcing material for our own property, which we were going to be personally installing, quality products at an affordable price has been our aim since we started.” Duncan has used all of the products now sold by New Zealand Fencing Solutions on the last 100km of fencing on Black Hill Station, testing each prod- uct’s suitability to meet the demands of building and maintaining fences in New Zealand conditions. Duncan looked for particular fencing solutions that he wasn’t able to buy in New Zealand and ended up having products custom made for his requirements. Numerous products now stocked by New Zealand Fencing Solutions initially weren’t readily available - such as Y posts and T Irons with hole patterns to match netting and plain wires and heavy duty farm gates. These had to be made to order, and today remain the only imported products stocked by New Zealand Fencing Solutions. All other stock is manufactured to superior specifications in New Zealand, with New Zealand materials, for New Zealand conditions. New Zealand Fencing Solutions stocks a wide range of heavy duty Y posts of different lengths, hole patterns, and coating types to suit various requirements. “Our Y posts are extremely consistent “Because we started by sourcing material for our own property, which we were going to be personally installing, quality products at an affordable price has been our aim since we started.” Photos: NZ Fencing Solutions stocks a wide range of Y posts and other products, such as horse panels. Hill fence on difficult terrain; materials on a strop on their way to a high country job. Quality Roundwood Suppliers