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Fencing wire

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Fencing wire

Coils of wire are loaded onto a packhorse as fencers prepare to head for the backblocks to work. Farmers often employed fencing contractors for large jobs. Fencing enabled better stock control and more efficient use of pastures.

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Carl Walrond, Rural workers – The family farmer, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17228/fencing-wire (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 1 March 2009.