Kōrero: Farm fencing

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

• Bill Gallagher

  This page on the National Science–Technology Roadshow Trust site features Bill Gallagher, a New Zealand farmer whose ingenuity paved the way for the invention of the electric fence.

• Cyclone Wire New Zealand

  This site provides historical information on wire fencing in New Zealand.

• Fencing Competitions

  Fencing has become a profession for many and in New Zealand there are competitions for the most efficient fencers in the country.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

• Acland, L. G. D. The early Canterbury runs. Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1951 (originally published 1930).
• Burdon, R. M. High country: the evolution of a New Zealand sheep station. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1938.
• Hargreaves, R. P. ‘Farm fences in pioneer New Zealand.’ New Zealand Geographer 31, no. 2 (October 1965): 144–155.
• Laffan, Jennifer. Fencing. Sydney: Paterson Agriculture, 1998.
• McCutchan, John. Electric fence design principles. Melbourne: University of Melbourne, 1980.