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Fence needing repair

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Fence needing repair

By law, farmers are required to keep boundary fences stock-proof. If livestock pushed through this poorly maintained fence, they would be at risk from traffic, and would also be a danger to road users.

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Robert Peden, Farm fencing – Reasons for fencing on farms, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15285/fence-needing-repair (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.