Wired Sept 2015 by Fencing Contractors Association New Zealand

WIRED Publication of the Fencing Contractors Association of New Zealand Publication of the Fencing Contractors Association of New Zealand

Issue 39 September 2015

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IN THIS ISSUE: Field Days Review PSA Risk Management Protocol System Stays Profile on McLenaghan Contracting Good v's Bad Northland Basalt

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT Welcome to the September edition of Wired.

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The days are certainly getting longer and after a tough winter it’s nice to feel a bit of warmth in the sun again. Let’s hope the bad weather is behind us and it is a relatively easy for calving and lambing for our farmers – certainly the Dairy Farmers have enough challenges with the low payout this year. The cyclical nature of farming is something many of us are familiar with and the wider impact will be felt by all of us associated with the Agricultural Sector. I attended the Mystery Creek Fieldays in Hamilton this year and along with Jane took the opportunity to catch up with many of our business partners. It was refreshing to see their enthusiasm for FCANZ and the work we are doing – they were also very positive about the whole farming sector and certainly did not let the negative media impact on their views of the upcoming season. It is a really good reminder to all of us that having a positive attitude goes a long way to helping each other out during the tougher times. Congratulations to all of the competitors in the Fencing Competitions. As Noksee says – “you guys are at the top of your game”. You were a real pleasure to watch and the standard of fencing was excellent. Well done to Tim Stafford, winner of the Golden Pliers, Mark Lambert &

after the Accredited Fencer side of things. The feedback that we got from all of you helps us to continually improve and the request for better communication on what the board is working on has been heard. Currently our focus is on sorting on training for the industry and establishing some guidelines for members around your obligations for Health & Safety. At the AGM some of our Accredited Fencing Contractors asked what FCANZ was doing specifically for them. At our August Board Meeting we took the opportunity to discuss this and we have agreed that our FCANZ focus needs to be on all of our contractors and increasing brand awareness through marketing the whole group not a subset. To this we will also be putting together a marketing plan around how to promote the FCANZ brand and we will share this with you in the near future. We have set the dates for the Gallagher Association Days which are coming up very quickly. Have a look at the FCANZ website or ring your local Board Member to find out the date for your area. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at these days. On a final note – make sure you enjoy what you do! All the best from the Board.

Simon

A note from the FCANZ Desk!

Sincere thanks to our contributors: Mike Billinghurst Malcolm Webster Chad Van Zyl John Noakes

Jeff Joines, winners of the Doubles and to Mike Billinghurst, winner of the Bill Schuler. It is especially pleasing that all of the winners are FCANZ members with Mark and Mike being Board Members. Thank you to all of you who attended the recent conference - I was felt it was well balanced with a good mixture of practical, business and recreational activities meaning that there was something for everyone. A big thankyou to Noksee for the time and effort that he put into making this happen. Thank you very much to retiring Board Members, Craig Shortall and Mark Lambert for their contribution to the Board over the past year. They did not stand again this year and during their time on the Board they have contributed hugely to FCANZ and the fencing industry. I would like to welcome Brad Joines and Lindsay Hayman onto the 201516 Board. In this issue of Wired there is a section on who the Board is so take the time to read it and find out more about each of us. We are only there to represent each of you so please contact your closest Board Member and have a chat. At our recent Board Meeting on 12th August the Board voted myself back in as President, Mike Billinghurst as Vice-President and Mike will also continue to look

Cover Photo courtesy of Kinghitter.

Wow, it’s been a busy time in the FCANZ office –although I wonder if it is ever a quiet time! I really enjoyed the opportunity to meet so many of you at the conference in Nelson – it really is such a fantastic part of New Zealand and as we toured around I was once again reminded about what a beautiful country we live in. We got a very clear message at the AGM/Conference that you want to hear more about what the FCANZ Board is doing for members so improving the communication is a clear goal for me going forward. It begins with this issue of Wired and I hope you will enjoy what we have put together for you. Happy Fencing. Cheers Jane

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In this socially connected modern economy there is a lot that can be said for social media use for groups, organisations, and individuals. Where’s the value, who uses it, and is it all worth it? FCANZ have made a commitment for some time now to operate and maintain a Facebook group page in order to keep in touch with our members. The page provides a central hub for us to post events, photos, videos, shared content, and industry related information. Our commitment to maintaining this page stems from the feedback we regularly

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With all this data it is clear that our page has a pretty impressive reach getting out to hundreds of users each and every week. We believe our page links directly into our mission statement of “increasing the profile of fencing as a recognised profession and encourage a high level of workmanship through knowledge and standards.” As a board we aim to provide the best up to date and interesting content and we have proven Facebook, love or hate it, to be a highly effective tool for us to get our message across. So for those who have not yet checked our page out head along to www. facebook.com/fencingcontractorsnz to make sure you check out our regular updates and as always feel free to post your own content and be part of our online members community. If you would like any more information on this article, or would like to find out how you can post info on our page please contact Chad for further information. – the FCANZ website. How is it performing? • 55% of visitors come through google searches • Sunday is day that the site has the most visits • In July 2015 there were 1600 visitors to the site • 84% of visitors in July 2015 were there for the first time

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Greetings to all FCANZ members and Partners. The last quarter has just flown by. Fielddays was a great success and good to catch up with so many of you. The NZF Competition was a great success too with Tim Stafford taking out the Golden Pliers and Jeff Joines and Mark Lambert(Tractor) the Silver Spades and Mike Billinghurst the Bill Schuler. What an outstanding effort, and all FCANZ members too. Without all the competitors it wouldn’t happen. Great to see our South Island competitors having a go. These guys are all at the top of their game with attention to detail paramount. It’s like running an Ironman Event. Since the Fielddays Shane Bouskill has won the World Fencing Title –what a great achievement. Congratulations to you all. I was lucky enough to take some of our fellow members and others to Stewart Island to step back from work for a few days and see things from a different angle and have some R&R. The sea was like a washing machine on the way down reaching 8 metres high at times causing some members to leave a bit of a burley trail! But was great once we got there living on paua, oysters, cod, trumpeter and a couple of deer thrown in for good measure. It was great taking some younger guys along as well. The competition between Anthony and his brother Jamie was quite fierce, with Anthony winning when he shot his first stag. The smile on his face was worth a million dollars considering he was only 5 minutes out of bed going for his morning walk. Was great having Brad Joines there as well, an excellent team member. You will see a lot more of Brad as he has just been elected onto the FCANZ Board along with Lindsay Hayman. Welcome aboard! The Conference was an outstanding success - a big THANK YOU to Wiremark - our Strategic Partner, Elite SponsorsGallagher, Stockade and Waratah and General Sponsors - Farmlands, Hautapu Pine, Steel & Tube and Strainrite and all our Gold, Silver and Bronze Partners. Without you we wouldn’t be where we are today. We got straight into business at the Conference with the AGM and first up was a presentation from Stan Clark and Chad Van Zyl from Wiremark on where things are and going forward in our industry. Next was Darrell Jones from Gallagher speaking briefly on product and marketing around the world and feed back from our members.

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Gallagher sponsored the Health & Safety section of the conference. Graham Neate from Impac Risk management gave a very good presentation with plenty of banter from the floor. Clearly Health & Safety continues to be a bit of a hot potato and hopefully we will get some feedback from our members to work with going forward. After lunch Bryan Williams Senior Advisor Agriculture National Programmes Worksafe NZ gave us a rundown of where things are at, with more to come. I thought he would make a good politican! But better we work together. By 2pm we were getting cabin fever so we went for a sprint, or was it a walk, up the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary to see the start of the Predator Proof Fence with Phil Higgins and Greg Burton. They gave us a run down on how things were going on the challenging terrain. Something quite different to what a lot of us do. Back on the Abel Tasman bus after working up a thirst walking up the hill, and off to the Moutere Inn, the oldest historic hotel in New Zealand, to sample some of the boutique beers made from the local hops grown in the area. Trip No 1 Sponsored by Waratah On Saturday saw us on the bus early heading for Riwaka to look at enclosed structures and wind break shelters with local member Bruce Woods. Many thanks Bruce, from what I hear everyone got a lot out of it. Then it was onto the Hop Gardens at MacHops where Brent McGlashen and Owen Johnstone gave us a run down on building hop garden structures, the tools and gear involved and then a video on the processing of the hops. The end result from the night before tasted pretty good. It was a real eye opener to many of our members as they had never seen this before. Many thanks for your time Brent and Owen. With Coffee Cart on site and smoko ready to go to my place, we did a little bit of Physical work with a North/South Competition of sorts using Waratahs,100mts netting fence and 100mts eight wire fence using Task Power drivers with hot wires as well. Result – two outstanding fences done in 45 minutes (it looks real good cobber!) Because I am bias I think the South Island won – a real cost effective way of getting a waratah fence up. Next it was off to the Nelson Waimea Gun Club at Golden Downs for an outstanding lunch put on by Kath and Ross which was well received. Then straight into competition clay bird shooting, split into 3 grades with the less experienced shooter having 1 on 1 lessons which really paid off. A very exciting afternoon with some winners and others at the opposite end of the scale, but that is shooting. Lindsay Hayman 1st in experienced group after a shoot off and Paddy Bissett from Farmlands 1st in the mid range. After a few beers it brought us

back onto a level playing field and everyone had a great day. A big THANK YOU to the Nelson Waimea Gun Club members for giving their time and tuition, it was well received and a credit it to the Club with their outstanding ground and facilities Trip 2 will be covered by other members. We just got back to the hotel in time for the Stockade Happy Hour and Dinner with our Guest Speaker Brent McGlashen speaking on life after work and giving to others and yourself. As well as co-running MacHops Brent coaches the Ladies Nelson Bays Under 15 Development Volley Ball Team plus another volley ball team and with what time is left goes on wild life photography trips around the world. His photography is of National History Museum standard which is an outstanding achievement for someone doing it part-time. By taking time out you come back refreshed with a different outlook on things The winner of the Paslode Gun was Russell Buschl of Nelson. ( A very happy man!). It was an awesome 3 days. I have never had so much feed back from members and partners on the great time they had networking and mixing with everyone. A big THANK YOU to the rest of the FCANZ Board members for all your support.

Next on our Calendar is the Gallagher Association Days which are being put together as I write – Nelson 8 September 2015 and Blenheim 9 September 2015. These are an important day to come along to and keep up with the latest developments in electrics and fault finding etc. We will have some of our other partners along as well to add another dimension and discuss latest developments in the fencing industry. This is another opportunity to get together and upskill yourselves. We are always learning and knowledge is power. Next Years Conference and AGM ‘ 10 Years on’ is going to be in (Rotovegas) Rotorua 29 – 31 July 2016. Looking forward to it and I am sure we will have a great time. Hope to see you all there. Well that’s it from me. Hope to see you on the fence line soon.

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This machine which I have invented fits onto your postdriver after you remove the monkey and post cap. The axle poles are pushed up the centre of the full roll of netting then the disc base is attached to

the top of one of the poles is then attached to the monkey lifting wire rope. The whole lot gets lifted up by this though the top support loop then lowered back down on to the spindle.

Now it is ready to run the netting out along the fence line.

When you get to a change of contour or a corner put the tensioning brake on hard and then very slowly move the tractor forward until the correct final tension is achieved. Lock the tractor handbrake on and go back to the start of your fence with your new Stockade ST-400 post staple gun or hammer with post staples; start stapling off. You need to hard staple them into the post like you were batten stapling them in. Do this all the way along to where you stopped the tractor. Next ease the netting brake off enough to allow the netting to unroll but with a little tension still on and drive the tractor until you get to the next change in contour or corner and repeat the full strain and staple procedure. Sometimes if the end you will finish at does not allow room for the tractor to go past, you hard staple off at a corner or several posts before then. Release the tension brake and cut the wires. Go to the far end and tie off the netting then start backing the tractor along the line until you go past the hard stapled and cut place you stopped at before, keep going past it to allow enough wire to be joined then put on the tension brake and pull up the correct tension. Go back to where you last started off and start hard stapling off right back to the tractor. Now cut off and join one wire at a time using the two handled tensioner

After tying the end off apply the tension brake lightly before driving slowly along the fence line.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this thing called bagging? This is what happens when the angle of the fence changes too much too soon for the manufactured wriggles in the wire to hold the wire tension tight enough. A simple tool can be used which creates more of these wriggles along the line wires until you get enough to tighten the netting to the correct tension. This is sometimes needed along the top or the bottom few line wires.

Why do I hard staple the whole fence line? By driving the staples hard into the posts on each or every second line wire you cause it to lock there and by doing this it creates strong panels of netting between posts which when hit by animals has a better bounce back. If a tree or branch falls and breaks some wires the whole fence doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go slack, just the broken wires panel and the one next to it making it a lot easier to fix.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good way to join the wires?

to hold the wire while being careful not to lose any tension before crimping off with normal wire crimps.

When pulling the lengths of netting together check they are the correct way up spacing wise, Then on the end of one coil cut all the line wires about 40mm from the vertical wire. On the end of the other coil cut all the line wires right beside the vertical wire so it leaves the full width of wire (150 or 300mm). Slide on the crimps so they end up joining the wires on the 40mm

side with the other cut end of the long wire coming up hard against the vertical wire, now crimp it off and do the same all the way down. You will now have a join in your netting which when pulled up tight on your fence will hardly be seen. That took you over 30 minutes to do on a 13 line deer netting fence. Here’s another very quick tool you can use.

Easy way to tie off at the starting strainer! You already spend a lot of time cutting out the first 3 or more vertical wires and their knots out. Instead try crimping onto each line wire another 500mm of plain HT wire. This makes it much easier for wrapping around the end strainer especially when the netting comes into it at a different angle and it’s much easier when tying under or over a stay entry point.

It runs off a battery drill and winds the wire around the line wire just like the manufacturers of the netting did. Just cut the line wires about 100mm long from the vertical wire then pull each side together so that each line wire becomes parallel to each corresponding line wire on the other side. Pull the ends up tight so that both the vertical wires are on top of each other then right angle bend each line wire over the opposite sides line wire. Now the fun part starts. Fit the drill driven wire winder over the line wire and up against the wire you put a right angle in and pull the trigger. Yes you get a great result and it only took you 15 minutes to do the 13 line deer netting.

A very simple two piece netting clamp! If the netting unroller/tensioner does not have enough room to be worked use one of my netting clamps (only two pieces to it and no bolts or wedges).

With this hooked onto the post driver mast with two chains you can pull it up using the hydraulic side shift or forward/backwards of the mast.

Joining netting in the middle of the line! Called a gut strain, this can be easy with two sets of netting clamps pulling each line towards each other. When you get to the correct tension you can then use on each line wire the two handled wire strainer with chain

How do I get the correct tension? Pull the netting sufficiently tight to get approximately half of the manufactured wriggle bend out of the line wires. Measure this by holding a flat edge against the wire at the wriggle it should only have enough space to fit the thickness of a pencil in there (5mm).

to pull in the last of the slack and when hooked by the chain will hold while you fit and close a normal crimp on. If you want to talk me about any of these methods or purchase this equipment

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In the opinion of Wired this article does not promote best practice as to hard stapling and wire crimping. It is our opinion that putting ‘wiggles’ into the wire halve the tension curve that is meant to be pulled out not added to with home made ones. Publication of the Fencing Contractors Association of New Zealand

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ur thanks to Noksee, Jane and all the organising committee could not be overstated for the highly successful 2015 AGM & Conference. An event which gathers upwards of 100 people from all over the country to meet together and discuss our trade is no mean feat, and I personally, would like to express my appreciation for an event well managed. The WIREMARK® brand and our customer base are hugely important to Pacific Steel. This year we elected for both Stan and I to come along to the Conference to show our commitment to the fencing market. Fencing Contractors are our direct link to the market and we relish the opportunity to gain direct feedback from this group, and where better to go than a conference with a captive audience of 80+ members standing around to talk to. We stand by our WIREMARK® brand as advocates for our locally made quality product and we value the feedback received at events such as the FCANZ Conference. The opportunity to represent a product chosen by our market is one I savour

and I’m glad to have reaffirmed my pride in our product with your feedback that our WIREMARK® brand is still the preferred fencing product over and above any imported material. But as with any brand, we cannot sit on the good news of today. We must to continue to innovate and improve. This year WIREMARK® will be embarking on one of our most significant innovations since our brand’s inception as we move to our new iron-sand steel supplied by New Zealand Steel (NZS) later this year. For the benefit of those unable to attend this year, Stan discussed some of the changes currently underway at Pacific Steel as a result of our recent acquisition by Bluescope Steel. From November this year Pacific Steel will be changing our steel supply source of using old recycled car bodies to steel manufactured from the iron rich shores on the West Coast of New Zealand. The ironsand used by NZS is sourced directly from the coastal banks of the North Island’s black-sand beaches. NZS separate the iron content from the sand and return this processed sand

back to the beach to be replanted. The unique process provides extremely high quality iron output with very little environmental impact. Once the iron is extracted, NZS will cast this into steel and rail the product, in the form of billets, up to our site in Otahuhu to be further processed. Pacific Steel will then use this virgin steel to produce our reinforcing steel and galvanised wire. The finished product will continue to be the only 100% locally manufactured wire made in New Zealand specifically for our harsh environmental conditions now made from 100% local raw materials. All that said; I’m sure you’re now asking what it means for you out there on the fence-line? Well, we at WIREMARK® expect this change should produce an even higher level of product consistency than we already maintain with our recycled steel. We are looking for an overall step change improvement in our already premium WIREMARK® branded wire to ensure our market have what they need out there where it’s TOUGH AND WIRY.

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Geraldine fencing contractor won over the judges and the crowd to take the top titles M

eeting a nice girl he can settle down with is definitely on the agenda of 2015 Rural Bachelor of the Year winner, Toby How. His charm and skills beat out seven other finalists from New Zealand and Australia to take home the coveted Golden Gumboot. He also took out the People’s Choice Award. How, a fencing contractor from Geraldine, is on the look-out for his ideal woman. “I am looking for someone who likes to have fun, is positive and independent,” How said. “A perfect date would be to saddle up a couple of horses and ride to the top of a hill for a picnic dinner while watching the sunset.” Winning the title has given him some credibility and hopefully will help attract that special someone. “I’m a likeable rogue, quick with a joke, and even quicker on the footy field,” he said. “In all honesty, I struggle to sell myself in words to the few ladies I do meet on my travels. So hopefully this will let my actions do the talking and my personality seal the deal.” How said luck and his highly competitive nature had something to do with his win. “I am pretty competitive, fierce really,” he said. “I thought I had blown it though and went to bed on Friday night thinking there was no way I would win. One of the Aussie guys had been doing really well throughout and after I mucked up a couple of challenges, I realised I had to step up my game - I wasn’t going to let an Aussie win.”

Ironically, it was a gate hanging challenge which tripped him up but in his defence, How said he buys-in gates. “I put the struts on back to front and I thought to myself, you bloody loser,” he said. “Mum and dad were in the crowd. Mum yelled out ‘other way round Toby’ and I shot her the politest dirtiest look I could because I thought I knew what I was doing. I have since apologised to her.” How also broke wine glasses during the excavator challenge. When emcee Te Radar announced the results, How still wasn’t confident of taking out the title. “Te Radar announced the People’s Choice and I was really chuffed to win that,” How said. “Then Te Radar looked at the certificate and said ‘this is interesting’ and I thought, oh no, an Aussie has won.” On winning the prestigious Golden Boot Trophy, How said the moment was “surreal”. “The week was awesome so winning was just the icing on top, “ he said. “The speed dating was a lot of fun although I did wonder to start with what I was going to talk about for four minutes. It is great those girls put their hands up for speed dating and they were all fantastic.” How also won over his fellow contestants, who he described as “top buggers”. His fellow rural bachelor, Sam McNair from Dannevirke, said

How deserved to win the title. “I could tell he was a genuine all-round good bloke,” McNair said. “He has a great attitude and good sense of humour not to mention his competitive nature. I imagine he would be handy on the footy field.” Two days prior to the start of Fieldays, the rural bachelors took part in an ‘Amazing Race’styled element beginning the event at a mystery location. Equipped with a Kea Campervan, the bachelors were required to complete challenges en-route to Mystery Creek. Arriving at Mystery Creek, they faced a number of tasks such as fencing, cooking and tractor pulling - all designed to test their skills, attitude and all-round charisma in a number of competitive heats. The rural bachelors also took part in a speed dating round, where they met eligible young ladies in the romantic setting of the Heritage Village. Fieldays Rural Bachelor judge and last year’s runner-up Fraser Laird said How interacted with the crowd and always injected a bit of humour into the heats. “How did very well in every heat, “ Laird said. “He was having fun the whole time, which is really important in a competition like this.” This article was originally published in NZ Dairy Farmer.

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Spotlight on Health & Safety “Everyone who goes to work comes home healty and safe – this is what health and safety is about”,says Bryan Williams from Worksafe at the recent FCANZ Conference. “If you are doing things right now then you are doing things right – the bar is not raising but farm safety is in the spotlight. Farming is the most dangerous industry per number of employees killing about 20 farmers per year”.

Why Farming is in the Spotlight 21 Workplace fatalities (19 male, 1 female) 48 years was the average age of death 312 serious harm notifications 32,000 injury claims received by ACC 1 in 6 Agricultural workers claimed for injury $136.6m cost of claims Bryan emphasised that Worksafes’ role is building partnerships and working alongside organisations to educate, engage and then enforce. There are currently 140 inspectors in New Zealand and they are looking to increase this to 200 inspectors around NZ so it is not a big organisation – he observed there are probably more parking wardens in Nelson than Workspace inspectors throughout the country. Under the Health and Safety Reform Bill set to become law the end of this year, a business would have a primary duty of care to its workers and there was no distinction between employees and contractors. Farmers have to talk to contractors about specific hazards on their farms and contractors had a responsibility to ensure their staff were trained for the work they are doing. For Fencing Contractors this means talking to your clients about their legal responsibilities around hazards in their environment just as you have responsibilities to talk about your hazards. There will be a settling period for farmers to manage that. Some don’t want anything to do with it – but it’s not a choice. It’s not up to Worksafe inspectors to tell business owners how to manage their health and safety. It’s your business so you know the hazards of your business best. Graeme Neate from Impac Risk and Safety Management Solutions defined health and safety as looking after people. However, the reform has brought with it two things – nervousness and accountability so now we have two goals – keeping people out of

hospital and keeping companies outBryan of court. expect them to put themselves at risk. Give Williams Programmes, Agriculture The purpose of the legislation is toNational promote them the skills to make those decisions. Talk FCANZ CONFERENCE JULY 2015 the prevention of harm to all persons at work, to them about what health and safety means and other persons in, or in the vicinity of a in fencing, identify hazards and develop place of work. Whatever we have been doing controls around them. Have the conversation. hasn’t worked. We’re killing too many people Graeme firmly believes that health and safety – each statistic is a family member, a business documentation should be appropriate for the member, a guy who has to be replaced and size and risk profile of the business. Make who is no longer part of society. If someone it live, discuss H&S at toolbox meetings and is killed or injured at your business is it likely don’t go overboard with the manual. you knew them well. Keep it simple. The more you get mired in paper, the less likely you are to read it. Make sure your employees have the skills to Every fencing business needs to have the do the job and that they understand you don’t following: 1

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the West Coast Penguin Trust. Mr McLaren used Waratah’s Jio® Star® posts to add strength to the fence line, and spaced them at 5m intervals with two runs of plain wire. The specialised hot dipped galvanized coating on the Jio posts was a crucial factor to consider for Mr McLaren to ensure protection from the corrosive ocean air. Additional plastic netting used on the fence to keep the colonies safe was donated to the Trust. “The plastic netting was attached to the wire and posts to prevent the penguins from climbing through the fence. Another metre of the netting was buried underneath the ground to stop the birds from burrowing,” he said. “Full credit goes to the West Coast Penguin Trust, plus the small group of local volunteers who even helped with actually erecting the

fence.” The Trust conducts research into the ecology of the small penguins in order to better understand their needs and threats to them. On the basis of its research, the Trust instigates practical conservation projects that benefit both coastal wildlife and the community. Standing at just 35-43cm tall and weighing in at no more than 1.5kg, the tiny penguins are found on the coastlines of southern Australia and New Zealand.

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Hi all I have been a member with FCANZ for only three years and this year was my first AGM/conference I regret not attending any previous ones but will not hesitate to attend any future conferences as it was money well spent. Previously my thoughts were “I’m too busy , I can’t take 4 days off work and it might be a bit expensive” (what was I thinking), well if anyone has these thoughts it is time to change that mind set and attend next year. Meeting our Founding, Gold, Silver, and Bronze partners, bouncing ideas and getting advice and handy tips off fellow contractors as well as having a quiet ale and meeting some great people made the weekend value for money. There was also wide range of activities for the ladies so make sure when you attend next year you bring your wives and girlfriends. Next year’s conference will mark the 10th anniversary of FCANZ and if this year’s one was anything to go by next year will be a ripper It would be great to show your support for a great association and attend as it is money well spent.

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Calm, vitality, being sorted, heavenly rituals and joy were what Sarah Laurie of Sarah Laurie Lifestyles talked about . It was a lovely start to a relaxing day as Sarah discussed knowing our priorities and identifying what is truly important in our ensuring we have meaning in our lives. I came away with two notes written to myself – me-time & breathe. Me-time consisted of a wander in the beautiful Nelson sunshine around the markets. There was over 200 stalls each with increasingly tempting goodies to wear, to eat or just to have. This was not my first time to these markets and certainly will not be the last. Lunch was booked at Woolaston at Mahana Winery – what a beautiful spot. There was lovely wine, amazing art, great food and good company. This venue was absolutely stunning and if you are in the Nelson area I would encourage you to seek this destination out. A couple of members from the other trip joined us at this stage – the lure of a vineyard lunch and classic cars far too good to be missed. After a beautiful lunch and a couple of wines we jumped back onto the bus - the old adage ‘what goes on tour’ comes to mind – so Warren you can relax! From the vineyard we headed back to the Classic Cars and WOW museum. There weren’t enough WOW dresses and costumes to look at for me – but my husband would say that is no surprise! The rows and rows of cars were endless and there were certainly a few that brought back memories – Holden Special Stationwagon anyone? Or for those of us from smaller families the Ford Anglia. Phew – that was enough for a day – back to Trailways just in time to breathe for 30 minutes!

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Fieldays silver spades doubles competition with fencing partner and Bulls fencing contractor Mark Lambert.

Tim Stafford Takes Out WIREMARK® Golden Pliers® In Tight Competition

Rangitikei fencer and six time Wiremark Golden Pliers® finalist Tim Stafford took top honors in the WIREMARK® Golden Pliers singles Championship event at Fieldays in June.

Lambert noticed a shift in competitor age in the Fieldays Silver Spades competition as well saying he and Joines faced a tough combination of youth and experience. “Nick Liefting was old enough to be many competitors’ dad but there was more than one team in their early 20’s this year.”

Manawatu fencer Tim Stafford managed to find the right blend of speed and quality, finishing in the fourth fastest time with 2015 the Results    The event was especially poignant this best quality fence earning a total 111.166 year with one of the sports more colorful points. Wiremark Golden Pliers singles championship candidates, Nick Liefting, retiring at the end Placing   Name   of the event. Even though this year marked Stafford says that after making it into the   the 40th year Liefting had taken part in the 1st   finals for six Tim Stafford  years and netting three third Marton   competition and despite the fact he had nd places and a second place the win was a long 2    Jeff Joines  Raumati South  celebrated his 60th birthday just two weeks time coming. “It was a matter of getting the rd 3    right combination Tony Bouskill  before competing, Liefting still managed to of speed and quality and I Hawkes Bay  on three things I stuffed Bulls  complete the fence in the final competition 4th   was able to improve Mark Lambert   in four and a half hours, a full hour before up last year.”Shane Bouskill  5th   Hawkes Bay   his nearest rival. Legendary Bill Schuler 6th   The runnerMatt Jones  up in WIREMARK® Golden Levin presented Nick with a special achievement award to mark his 40 years of competitive Kapiti fencer Jeff Joines Hawkes Bay  7th   Pliers® competition Jason Van Beers  fencing. also had a fruitful competition, winning the th 8

Nick Liefting

BEST QUALITY   Tim Stafford  Wiremark Golden Pliers singles championship

The national Championships were organised by New Zealand Fencing Competitions (NZFC). A special thank you to the Judges team headed by Richard Broughton of Whangarei and the sponsors, Pacific Steel, Cyclone, Strainrite, Stockade, Steel and Tube/Hurricane, Stihl and Goldpine. Full results of the competition are below. For more information visit the New Zealand Fencing Competitions (NZFC) web page at http://www.fencingcontractors.co.nz/NZFC or call NZFC Spokesperson, Tim Stafford   on 027 640 9268

Results 2015

Pukekohe

Placing     st 1      2nd            Wiremark         Golden Pliers   3rd              winner   4th          Tim Stafford                with   5th         Pacific Steels  6th         Chad Van Zyl                 and   7th           Stan Clark  8th

Pacific Steel Market Development and Accounts Manager Chad Van Zyl says sponsors and organisers were happy with the crowds the event attracted. “There were fantastic numbers, it really was a good event.” What thrilled Van Zyl most though was the level of skill and talent demonstrated by competitors. “You don’t have one guy dominating the field, there’s a whole bunch of guys at the top level with very little separating them.”

Wiremark Golden Pliers singles championship

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Tim Stafford

Marton

Jeff Joines

Raumati South

Tony Bouskill

Hawkes Bay

Mark Lambert

Bulls

Shane Bouskill

Hawkes Bay

Matt Jones

Levin

Jason Van Beers

Hawkes Bay

Nick Liefting

Pukekohe

BEST QUALITY

Tim Stafford

Wiremark Golden Pliers winner Tim Stafford with Pacific Steels Chad Van Zyl and Stan Clark.

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Tim Stafford   Marton

Matt Jones  Levin

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Wayne Newdick   Taumarunui

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Nick Liefting   Pukekohe

6th

2015 NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT FIELDAYS Trevor Woolston  Cambridge  Tony White  Clevedon

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Dan Hunt   Pukekohe

Daniel Kirk  Pukekohe

Fieldays Silver Spades Doubles Championship Fieldays Silver Spades Doubles championship Placing

Partner 1

Partner 2

Jeff Joines   Raumati South

Mark Lambert   Bulls

2nd

Shane Bouskill  Hawkes Bay

Tony Bouskill  Hawkes Bay

3rd

Tim Stafford   Marton

Matt Jones  Levin

4th

Wayne Newdick   Taumarunui

Trevor Woolston  Cambridge

5th

Nick Liefting   Pukekohe

Tony White  Clevedon

6th

Dan Hunt   Pukekohe

Daniel Kirk  Pukekohe

Fieldays Silver Spades winners- Jeff Joines and Mark Lambert

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Pukekohe

Tom Ottaway

Fielding

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Tom Ottaway

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REGIONAL FENCING COMPETITIONS New Zealand Fencing Competitions

Regional Competitions are held throughout the North Island, with the first NZFC formatted South Island fencing competition being held in March 2016 at the SIAFD Fieldays.

Regional Competitions during 2015/2016 include Competition Hawkes Bay

Date

Location

Contact

October 23rd 2015

A&P Showgrounds Hastings

PaulVanBeers 06855575 pwvanbeers@farmside.co.nz Shane Bouskill 068565723

Waverley

November 17th 2015

Waverley A&P Showgrounds

Stephen Hooper 06 345 5652 vivhooper@hotmail.com

King Country

February 14th 2016

Taumarunui A&P Showgrounds

Wayne & Kathy Newdick 07 895 6899 newdickwk@xtra.co.nz

Central Districts

March 18th 2016

Central District Fieldays Tim Stafford Fielding 06 327 5153 timstaffordfencing@xtra.co.nz

South Island Competition

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Debbie White 09 292 8063 TDWKKC@xtra.co.nz

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Hawkes Bay Regional Competition October sees fencers take a break from busy spring farming activities to converge on the Hawkes Bay Show for the first fencing competition of the season. Hawkes Bay A & P Show is one of the largest in the country. Regional Competitions have been held there over the years but this was strengthened when in 2013 the 150th Hawkes Bay A & P Show provided the ideal venue for NZFC to hold the NZ National Fencing Championships. The past two years these popular competition grounds have run a very strong regional competition, organised by top competitive fencers Paul Van Beers and Shane Bouskill, both who live in Central Hawkes Bay. The ground conditions for this competition are excellent for the competitors and the A & P Show great for competitors’ families to keep entertained. Hawkes Bay is a fun event, has good contour, super spectator viewing from the main grandstand or the embankment, and a friendly “bringing town and country together” feel, as is the shows motto. Keen to move with the times, organisers have a few ideas up their sleeves to run alongside the theme of the show becoming a Royal Show for the next three years.

Waverley Regional Competition Held mid-week, the Waverley A&P Show has been running for over 100 years. The organisers behind the show are extremely passionate and it is a real community event. The fencing competition has been running here since 1986 when it started out as a Young Farmers fencing competition. Such was its popularity, a fencing committee was put together to plan future competitions. They have seen the evolvement of fencing techniques over this time, and subsequently have changed their specs to show this. Some years saw post and batten fences of 2 wire, or 9 wire, deer netting was demonstrated in the late 90’s, and it has now shown a shift towards electric fences. Due to area limits the competition is restricted to twelve lines. The competition is a doubles fence and has been a great training ground for new fencers looking at competing at the NZ Fieldays. Hard, clean ground conditions make for a good competition.

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New Zealand Fencing Competitions

REGIONAL FENCING COMPETITIONS

King Country Regional Competition The King Country Fencing Competition has been running for the past 10 years. Held in the middle of February at the Taumarunui A & P show it is always a well supported doubles competition with the best digging in the country, and is a good place to start or have a go at competitive fencing. A hot favourite amongst the competitors, not just for the tans the guys get whilst competing, but the great digging, great contour, great atmosphere and great refreshments put on by the organisers at the end of it all. Young fencers are encouraged to come along and compete in a laid back friendly atmosphere, and we will always find you a partner if needed.

Central Districts Regional Competition This lower north Island competition is held in Fielding, during the central districts fieldays. the weather is normally favourable, and being such a popular show, a big crowd is always present to cheer the lads on. A great opportunity to see the pairs use their two man borers, it is quite a skill, makes a lot of noise, and there is always a chance someone is going to get thrown off- very entertaining! The winning pair take home the Gallagher Shield. It is the last North Island competition before the National Champs at Mystery Creek in June, so although many pairs use it as a last practice before the ‘big one’ , it is also well attended by new competitors, due to the central location of the event and the great prizes up for grabs.

South Island Regional Competition The last reportedly national style fencing competition held in the South Island was in the 1980’s and with NZFC being a national entity it was decided that in 2015 they would hold a fencing competition in the South Island. Organised by Debbie White on behalf of NZFC the South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) were hugely supportive of this initiative and made a large prime site available at their new field days site in Kirwee as part of their Field Days. Eight South Island Teams fronted up and demonstrated professionalism and skill to the Judges Team, with the winners receiving a prize package to attend the NZ National Fencing Championships at Fieldays. The plan is for a annual South Island fencing competition, currently discussions are taking place to hold a competition in 2016 in Southland. As resources develop we hope to have more regional competitions through the year, meantime NZFC are looking at initiatives to help South Island competitors’ join into the North Island regional competitions

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FCANZ Accredited Fencers The Accredited Fencing contractor qualification is about more than just the quality of your fencing – it is an opportunity to ensure that you put some focus onto your business and the systems that you have in place. The criteria to becoming an Accredited Contractor is fairly simple: • You need a minimum of L3 NZQA National Certificate in fencing • Evidence of three years in business • Three client testimonials • You need to hold employment contracts for your staff • A minimum of $1 million public liability insurance • A current First Aid Certificate • A signed working Health & Safety policy specific to you business • A signed declaration to say you have a high regard for H&S and Employment If you are interested you can contact the FCANZ office – operations@fencingcontractors.co.nz Or have chat with Mike Billinghurst 0272 695 662 or glentuifencing@xtra.co.nz

AFFILIATES, TRUSTS & TRAINING INSTITUTES

Barakat Contractors Ltd (Te Kauwhata)

Dale & Raewyn Barakat 07 826 4461 027 473 5513 dale@barakatcontractors.co.nz www.barakatcontractors.co.nz

CPC Fencing Ltd (Northland)

Phil Cornelius 09 4332644 027 274 4188 cpc.fencing@yahoo.co.nz

Ben Haugh Contracting Ltd (Geraldine) Ben Haugh 03 693 8088 021 523 291 benhaughfencing@farmside.co.nz

Craig Sergeant Fencing (Waipukurau)

Central Fencing (Canterbury) Nigel Broadbridge 021 433 623 nigel@centralfencing.co.nz www.centralfencing.co.nz

Ewing Fencing Contractors (Oamaru)

Craig Sargeant 06 858 9759 027 243 7334 sargey@xtra.co.nz

Mark Ewing 03 431 3864 027 498 4049 mark@ewingfencing.co.nz

Custom Fencing Ltd.

Fencetec 2015 Ltd Steve Daley 027 2497852 stevendaley@xtra.co.nz

Fencing Solutions

Waikouaiti Nick Terry 03 465 7212 021 614 100 nickterryfencing@xtra.co.nz

Morrinsville Todd Sherburd 07 887 5549 0274 927 337 todd@fsw.co.nz www.fsw.co.nz

FCANZ Accredited Fencers Glentui Fencing (Feilding)

Grant Macdonald Fencing Service

Mike Billinghurst 06 323 6466 0272 695 662 glentuifencing@xtra.co.nz www.glentuifencing.co.nz

(Tauranga) Grant Macdonald 07 543 3486 027 494 2251 grantmacdonald@mclarenfalls.co.nz

Greg Burton Fencing (Cambridge) Greg Burton 07 827 8765 027 427 8765 mazgreg@xtra.co.nz

Higgins Fencing Contractors (Wakefield)

Gregg Holmes Contracting (Papakura) Gregg Holmes 027 440 4247 gregghomes1@gmail.com

High Country Fencing Ltd (Darfield)

Grant Scott Fencing Ltd (Te Awamutu) Grant Scott 07 870 6541 k.tautari@xtra.co.nz

Ground Up Services Ltd (Katikati) Darryn Astill 07 552 0238 027 586 9227 darryn@groundupservices.co.nz www.groundupservices.co.nz

Geoff Rogers 03 317 8028 021 640 748 info@highcountryfencing.co.nz www.highcountryfencing.co.nz

Horton Contracting Ltd(New Plymouth) Clayton & Sue Horton 06 758 2217 021 710 712 info@groundupsolutions.co.nz www.groundupsolutions.co.nz

Jeff Joines Fencing Contractor Ltd

John Baldock Fencing Ltd (Katikati)

Lake Contracting (Omakau)

(Raumati South) Jeff Joines 04 905 1013 027 484 4481 jeffjoinesfencing@gmail.com

John Baldock 07 552 0763 021 176 4719 john@johnbaldockfencing.co.nz www.johnbaldockfencing.co.nz

Ken Lake 03 447 4031 027 224 0302 kenthomaslake@icloud.com Meersbrooke Fencing

Meersbrooke Fencing

Phillips Contracting BOP Ltd (Edgecombe)

Neil & Raymond Roberston (Fensin)(Taupo)

Philip Higgins 03 541 9292 021 222 5033 info@higginsfencing.co.nz www.higginsfencing.co.nz

(Palmerston North) Alan Rennie 027 450 6420 meersbrooke@hotmail.com

Phillips Contracting BOP Ltd, Edgecumbe Josh Phillips 07 304 8443 027 587 3551

Josh Phillips 07 304 8443 027 587 3551 phillipscontracting@xtra.co.nz

Neil & Raymond Robertson 07 825 5747 027 474 6335 robertson.nd@xtra.co.nz

Quality Fencing (Gisborne)

Renner Contracting Ltd (Seddon)

Graeme Bayly 06 862 5771 027 447 8303 bayly12@clear.net.nzld@mclarenfalls.co.nz

phillipscontracting@xtra.co.nz

Samuel Fencing Ltd (Alexandra)

Steve Locke Fencing Ltd (Blenheim)

Mike Samuel 03 448 6949 0275 2454090 mikesamuel@xtra.co.nz

Steve Locke 03 578 1927 021 37 1971 steve@stevelockefencing.co.nz www.stevelockefencing.co.nz

West Otago Fencing Ltd (Tapanui)

White Fencing Ltd (Papakura)

Grant & Wendy Harris 03 204 8285 0272 866 576 harris29@xtra.co.nz

Tony White 09 292 8064 027 495 7868 admin@whitefencing.co.nz www.whitefencing.co.nz

Mike & Brad Renner 03 577 6615 021 416 798 rennerfencing@hotmail.com www.rennerfencing.co.nz

Steve Williamson Fencing (Timaru) Steve Williamson 03 686 4779 027 455 3385 shwilliamson@actrix.co.nz

Wilson Fencing (Havelock North) Brendon Wilson 06 877 9844 027 657 4588 b.m.wilson@xtra.co.nzs.co.nz

Meet the 2016-2016 FCANZ board

Wired asked each Board Member to provide a brief biography about themselves and their business but Noksee had more to say. It was too good a story to edit so here it is!!

Simon Fuller President 021 376 805 fullerfencing@ihug.co.nz

Simon Fuller; Shearer, Farmer, Fencer and now a proud Southlander. Fuller Fencing has moved lock, stock and barrel to Waimumu – a small settlement just outside of Gore, where Simon is currently building his dream home. The shift from the Waikato to Southland has meant the fencing business is back where it started, fencing on extensive sheep and beef properties. Simon, along with son Hayden are really enjoying the change to working in the rolling hills of Southland alongside the genuine Southland farmers. Looking back in the archives there is a photo of Simon at a Steering Committee meeting in 2004 so he has a long association with FCANZ and its predecessor dating back over a number of years. This is his second term as President and with this brings a real determination to address some of the issues that FCANZ members face such as training and Health & Safety. “I am involved in FCANZ because I am passionate about the fencing industry – it has been good to me. I get a lot of pleasure out seeing young people developing good work ethic and taking pride in the job they do.” In his spare time, Simon is a keen hunter – yes, the pig dogs also reside in Southland and it should not be long before they all roll their r’s.

Mike Billinghurst 06 323 6466 0272 695 662 glentuifencing@xtra.co.nz

Mike Billinghurst of “Glentui Fencing” has been contracting in the Manawatu since August 2004. Mike had been managing a bull farm for the Livestock Improvement Corporation since 1997, and due to a restructure of the company was faced with a decision to become self employed, or seek re-employment. Mike started his contracting business as a Farm and Lifestyle block service, doing sheep shearing, fencing, farm building maintenance, weed spraying and fertiliser spreading. In the November of 2004 Mike purchased a Mobile sheep dagging/crutching trailer, dagging up to 80,000 sheep per year. The lifestyle work died a natural death, and Mike was kept busy dagging and fencing. In 2006 Mike purchased a tractor and rammer to better service his client’s needs, and upgraded to a Revolution 180 in 2009. With the fencing getting busier and sheep numbers reducing, Mike found a staff member to run the dagging trailer in 2013, and sold that side of the business to him in 2014. Mike became an FCANZ member in 2006, and became an accredited contractor in 2009. Mike stood for the Board of FCANZ in 2013 and has been in charge of the Accredited fencing side of the association since that time. He has always been interested in watching competition fencing and after competing in the 2014 Central Districts competition with Craig Shortall, decided to enter the golden pliers heats in 2015. Mike made it into the “Bill Schuler” consolation final, and was rapt to be 1st off the line and to win the trophy. Mike also organized (on behalf of FCANZ) and competed in the inaugural Hilux Rural Games Speed Fencing competition in Queenstown in February 2015. Mike is married to Andrea and has 3 school aged children. His interests include, travel, fishing and diving, and developing his new property.

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John Noakes 03 528 6388 027 446 4413 noakesjc@gmail.com

I grew up on a dairy farm just out of Pahiatua, the oldest in the family I would always be venturing out and around the farm and down to the Mangahao River at the back of the farm. The Old Lady use to worry about me because she couldn’t keep tabs on me. I enjoyed being with Dad because there was always things to do on the farm – driving tractors, cutting wood, making fence post and battens out of Totara and then onto making concrete posts and strainers. Drove a tractor for the first time when I was 4 years old. As time progressed leant to do fencing, even electrics back then. Seems like 3 life times ago. I remember the Old Man used to smoke and he would roll me one too, so I felt part of it. I never did take it up, I don’t think the nuns that taught me would have approved. I got into possum trapping while going to school and milking etc, they were good times. Started going duck shooting when I was 8 with a neighbour who was like a grandfather to me, as Dad wasn’t into guns after the war. Dad used to like Pheasant shooting around Puhoi in the early days along with logging kauri and floating them down the river. Went to Tararua College and left in the 5th form. Loved maths, engineering, wood work and writing stories. We changed from arithmetic to maths and I topped my class the first 2 years but didn’t like writing things down on paper, preferred to work things out in my head, much faster. Homework was always done on the bus on the way home because there was trout fishing, possum hunting and guns, much more exciting than x+y=z. My sport at college was cross country running, which I excelled at, had good stamina. Also did a lot of push biking until I bought my first vehicle, a 1952 Single Wheeled Bedford (Big Yella). We used to go hunting all over the place, Tararuas, Ruahines, duckshooting and possuming. I was never going to be a dairy farmer, so went and worked as a rousy and presser in the holidays on a big local farm and out on to a couple of stations with the shearers. I don’t know why they wanted me to work with them, after all the tricks I got up to – tying sheep together in the catching pen, gluing moccasins to the floor and putting fadge tops in the press – life was for living. The first 12 months after leaving Tararua I spent on a 1500 acre sheep and beef farm getting $1 an hour doing stock work, scrub cutting and fencing. Bought my own bike and where horses used to roam I took my bike reaching new levels. (A kerosene cowboy) I even put steel spikes around the tyre to go to more places. I think there is still parts of the old bike lying around back at headquarters and I am still here. Through the Bush Deerstalkers I got invited on a trip overseas to the South Island to Nelson Lakes and Lake Rotoiti and that was it I was hooked on the high country hunting ever since. On that trip one of my friends was driving dozers in Eketahuna for a contractor and they were looking for another driver, so I got the job driving tractors and dozers and an S Bedford Transporter for carting gear around. Had to be 18 for HT Licence but I had a car and bike licence so was all good. Had a 4x4 Landcruiser to drive around in and drink beer when time allowed with the local cop that loved hunting. I must have been all of 17 at that stage. I was doing what I loved, giant discing, developing land around Lake Waiarapa, putting in tracks, fence lines, air strips. Where they use to dive

bomb over hills with a D4 I started sidling them with a 4x4 Same tractor. I did make a name for myself, living on the edge was the name of the game. Cockies would tell me they could see under the tractor while I was working so I told them they need to go home and leave me to it. Some also thought they could do what I was doing by buying their own tractors and they ended up broken in half in a gully. That changed their minds pretty rapidly. A normal 40 hour week was about $200 then, but in 6 days in the main season 100 hours of work was normal so saved up in 3 months for my first car, a 1971 MK3 Cortina. Fuel was cheap back then, diesel was about 30something cents a litre. I was running a scraper on the back of the tractor and was pricing jobs, air strips, raceway, metalling tracks in the hills etc. After that I went back to Pahiatua driving trucks for my father-in-law bulk cartage, stock and general cartage. We carted lime from the Manawatu Gorge works to the rail head in Woodville and that was sent to Whanganui because you weren’t allowed to truck it back in those days. Then road transport laws changed and I’d do 3 loads to Whanganui a day once or twice a week, lime rock for river protection for Catchment Boards, pigs to Petone and Ngaronga Gorge Works, sheep and cattle to Waingawa, cheese from Tararua Factory to Palmerston North wholesalers, 100,000 bales of hay in the season. I suppose that’s why distance travelling around has never worried me, but I only worked on 4 hours sleep for years as I reckon you are dead a long time. When I was married the first time around I worked at the Tararua Dairy Factory with house supplied, 2 days driving the milk tanker, 2 days making cheese and 2 days packing and storing it. On my days off I’d go driving trucks again and doing a bit of ag work for local cockies. At night I would go possum shooting and skin and dry them as it was worth good money, averaging $14.00 a skin. Paid for all my hunting gear and trips away, although for a number of years I didn’t go far away. We had one son, Lynden, who lives in Palmerston North and manages the Aquatic Centre. What do you know I ended up in the dairy industry across the road from Tararua factory, then back across the road on another farm managing, running cows, pigs 80 odd sows and hay contracting and refenced the farm. Did an AB Course and then a butchering course at Flock House on processing and curing meat. As we used to eat pretty well and good skills to have. After 6 years moved onto sharemilking 29% just down from the Tui Brewery where the beers got ‘plenty of body in it’ as they take the water from under the local grave yard. After 2 years the dairy factory was paying you to not produce as much milk, which went against the grain a bit. Had a radical change and bought Pigletts Lunch Bar in Warkworth and lived out at Snells Beach. Started work at 4am in the lunch bar and on Friday nights did meals at the RSA getting home at 2am Saturday morning after cleaning up etc. You can do anything if you put your mind to it. After about 6 months we bought a house on Snells Beach Road and I would start work at the lunch bar and then at 7am go and do 50 bodies of beef at a local family abattoir for hotels and restaurants in Auckland. There was only 7 of us working there and we would finish at 12 noon. I would go contract battening or running wires for a local contractor at Matakana in the afternoons and then get supplies for the lunch bar when needed. Not much time for fishing, but did do a bit of clay bird shooting when I could fit it in. After a couple of years we put the business on the market after doubling its turnover and sold so what to now? Ended up back in the dairy industry in the Manawatu managing Gary and Wendy Knights

farm . Was to be for only 9 months but 3 years on it was hard to leave, we got on so well networking with people from all over. What great people to work for and I picked up some business skills. As Gary said to me one day “some people can live with debt and some can’t” and if you think about it, if you want to get ahead go for it as long as you can pay it off as you go. 50/50 Sharemilking was next and in three years we had paid off the herd pushing the limits and keeping to a low cost system. In another life Carol ( the love of my life!) and I got together and entered into an equity partnership with 650 cows striving for maximum returns with attention to detail and simple systems. After 5 years decided to return to 50/50 again as we felt it was a better option. So we headed for the South Island stock, plant and all. Darfield was our first stop where were up in the top 2% on a first year conversion but that wasn’t good enough so we moved to Inch Clutha and then onto Gore. I did an AB run as well. I think the biggest day was 800 inseminations. After 3 good snowfalls in the spring of 2004, our last one being in October, we converted to once a day milking with good returns and a low cost system. I woke up one morning, after 22 years in the industry, and decided to move on. Where to next? After looking around New Zealand we put an offer on a 6.9ha property in Motueka and were successful. I decided to do chainsaw work and fencing. Went to a clearing sale and gave a guy a hand and ended up picking up 4 months of fencing work and that’s when Noksee Fencing Contracting evolved in 2005. I thought I did a good job fencing up until then, but looking back it was very average. It just carried on, with us doing a fencing job in Tasmania. 1300 acres fenced in 8 weeks with Carol driving the tractor and post driver for 5 of those 8 weeks. When we got home we were able to buy a Series 3 Kinghitter Post Driver with side mount and spike which I still have. Ran into people from the past which led into more and more fencing work I have learned heaps and still learning Going to fencing competitions and watching and talking to competitors has paid off. Attention to detail, being able to have a picture of the end job in your mind before you start makes it easy and being honest with people. We do a lot of life style work, chicken runs, dog enclosures, horse arenas, sheep cattle and electric fencing, wooden fences and gates,yards, decks, retaining walls and hop gardens, chainsaw work, working with Council and DOC and ability to problem solve . Mixed in with field day demos and having fun. 10 years on and still going strong. Have had some excellent sub contractors work for us over the years as well which was just great. Iv’e Been on the FCANZ Board for the last 8 years and enjoying every moment of it. I get enjoyment out of sharing knowledge , being a communicator, networking and running conferences and taking people away on ‘Noksee Scenic Safari Adventures’. Life is for living, meeting positive people, living on the edge is good as long as you don’t fall off! Remember you can do anything just put your mind to it. No one is better than you are. At the end of the day others need to be stepping up. My runway is getting shorter by the year and I have heaps more trips planned for the future. ‘Live Life’ See you out on the fence line or on safari. Work hard and play harder Cheers Noksee

Meet the 2016 - 2016 FCANZ board Paul Fitzsimmons 03 374 3510 027 432 9381 paul@kcfencesystems.co.nz Industrial Fencing is well represented on the FCANZ Board by Paul Fitzsimmons of KC Fencing in Christchurch. He has been working at KC since 2006 and earlier this year along with wife Amanda, became a partner in the business. Paul grew up in Inchbonnie on the West Coast of the South Island and came over the hill to Lincoln University in the early 1990’s, graduating with a B.Com in Valuation & Property Management. It’s pretty hard to leave Canterbury and Paul worked in various roles before finding Industrial fencing. He has been on the FCANZ Board since 2010 and during that time there have been changes – the conference is now three times bigger and costs more! Paul’s financial background and analytical focus means he keeps a close eye on the financial position of FCANZ. “I thought when I joined FCANZ that I was a pretty handy fencer. I have been very surprised by how much I had to learn and how much my fencing has improved through my association with FCANZ and its members. If you are motivated by continuous improvement then you should be a member – no doubt about it.”

Jane Butterick Business Development Manager 027 432 2033

operations@fencingcontractors.co.nz After completing a degree at Lincoln University Jane began working in sales initially selling health and beauty products before gaining a role as a Territory Manager based in Canterbury for Merial – a large Animal Health Company. After four years with Merial, a Sales Management role in Wellington with what is now MSD Animal Health was enough to get her out of Canterbury into the North Island. The North Island led to a number of changes and when Jane returned to Canterbury in 2012 she came back with a husband (also a Cantabrian), two children; Penny and Pippa and no job! The Butterick family settled in Lincoln and an opportunity to take an Area Sales Manager role with the feed company Seales-Winslow presented itself so for 18 months she was part of the Ballance Group. However when an opportunity to take a part-time role at FCANZ presented itself she grabbed it with both hands. This was in December 2014 and the learning curve began as she learns the rhythms and routines of a not for profit organisation. This FCANZ Business Development role ensures involvement with the rural sector which Jane is passionate about and working alongside fencing contractors is proving very enjoyable. In her spare time there is Jack the horse to ride, a large garden to get established and of course two small people to play with – or pick up after!

Brad Joines 027 4955 693 04 905 1013 qe2farms@xtra.co.nz

‘You can’t farm without a fence.’ says Brad Joines, farmer and FCANZ Board Member. This full-time farmer is one of two new members onto the FCANZ Board this year. His goal is to support the fencing industry and fencers through being involved at the executive level. After completing a stint at Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre, Brad and his team of dogs went shepherding all over New Zealand from the Mackenzie Basin, to Motutapu Island and into the King Country. After three years as Farm Manager on a hill country block out from Te Kuiti, Brad and his family came to Paraparaumu to lease the farm on Queen Elizabeth Park on the Kapiti Coast. Alongside this beef finishing block Brad also does general farm contracting as well as fencing with brother Jeff of Jeff Joines Fencing Contractors. Like many farmers Brad prefers to spend his spare time farming, fencing or talking about it. It is obvious that fencing is a passion of Brad’s and in 2012 he won the Bill Schuler Trophy. There is a wee bit of hunting and fishing to be done as well as time spent with his family, wife Debra and daughters Kate & Emma.

Darryn Astill 07 552 0238 027 586 9227 darryn@groundupservices.co.nz

Darryn Astill, Owner/Operator of Ground Up Services Ltd has been contract fencing in the Bay of Plenty and surrounding areas since starting his own business in November 2007. When the business first started it was to provide services for all styles of rural and residential fencing, timber decking and retaining walls. With the development in Tauranga at the time it was quickly established there was a high demand for lifestyle fencing and the Company focused its energies on specialising in the rural and farm fencing sectors. Darryn is now an accredited fencing contractor and employs two staff. Darryn has come from a building background, followed by 14 years as a Coach Builder/Engineer. He resigned from the family business to pursue his love for the outdoors and took up farming here in the Bay Of Plenty, moving on to mid Canterbury where he discovered his passion for fencing. As the family business began to focus on manufacturing towbars for a nationwide market, Darryn was asked to return and run the production side of the operation. Four years on Darryn, with the support of his wife decided to start their now successful small business. Darryn is passionate about providing a quality product and service and was quick to join the FCANZ to be a part of a recognised association that was striving to build industry standards. When nominated to become a board member he was quick to accept so he could be involved in improving the industry standards and promote industry awareness. As an active board member he would like to see more training available to the Associations members and their staff.

Meet the 2016 - 2016 FCANZ board Lindsay Hayman 021 201 3391 03 308 7394 lindsayjane@clear.net.nz

Hayman Fencing Ltd began in 2010 when Lindsay and Jane Hayman had the opportunity to buy an existing fencing business. Prior to that Lindsay worked for Merv Green and Andrew Morgan fencing for 3.5 years in the Mid Canterbury region . Before fencing full time Lindsay worked on numerous High Country stations shepherding and mustering. Spent 4 years in Australia mustering and managed sheep, Beef and Deer farms around Mid Canterbury. Lindsay also works part time as a hunting guide. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his two children and likes to hunt Thar and Canada geese. Hayman Fencing is registered with Hazard Co Lindsay has current first aid. Level 3 ATV, and Tractor Level 2 Chainsaw and Hazard ID and Injury prevention on Farms. No notable achievements I believe that my business has grown over the past five years due to my integrity, honesty, attention to detail and being open minded. I joined FCANZ because I believe to be a member you need to have these values and more. Basically I don’t have any time for greedy bullshitting cowboy fencers who couldn’t erect a fence in a Viagra factory. These people need weeded out as they put mistrust in people making it hard for the genuine fencers.

Chad Van Zyl Wiremark, Auckland 021 687 696

chad.vanzyl@pacificsteel.co.nz

Chad Van Zyl, Market Development and Account Manager for Pacific Steel, joined the board earlier this year as part of his transition from New Zealand Steel to Pacific Steel in January. Chad has been in the steel industry for four years in various marketing, sales, and analyst related roles prior to his move over to Pacific as part of the business integration into the Bluescope Steel network. Chad graduate from the University of Waikato with a Bachelor of Communications majoring in Marketing and Management Communication. He has been involved in various marketing and sales roles for including Brand Manager, Market Analyst, Sales Consultant and Consumer Services Manager. Chad brings a commercial mind-set to the board with his understanding of market trends, advertising and sales techniques which assist FCANZ in engaging their members and growing this member base. As a strategic partner and board member Chad is interested in growing exposure for FCANZ, their partners and the WIREMARK® brand to ensure we support our industry and the investment of time and finances that all members and sponsors commit each year. Outside of work Chad enjoys spending his time outdoors fishing, hunting, playing sport, travelling and riding his Kawasaki Ninja on days it doesn’t happen to be raining in Auckland.

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