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Six townhouses share one vehicle entrance, and the code that opens it has been handed on since the first tenant moved in. Changing that code, and deciding who gets the new one, is most of what gate access systems in Christchurch are asked to do. Group One New Zealand designs, manufactures and installs them from a base on Foremans Road in Islington, which makes a city job a short run across town, and Sydney Chappell started the New Zealand company in 2026. Keypad entry, remote transmitters, Bluetooth and mobile entry, SIM-based release, access controllers and intercom-style entry are the choices. Phone us on 027 424 0600, 7am to 3pm Monday to Friday, and we will look at the entrance and put a written quote in front of you.
Entry methods, and how to choose between them
Two questions do the choosing. What is being controlled: a driveway, a shared vehicle entrance, a yard, a farm gateway. And who needs in: you, staff, tenants, contractors, couriers, visitors.
- Keypad or PIN entry: a code per person or group, changed whenever you need it changed
- Remote transmitters: handheld or clipped in the vehicle, one per driver
- Bluetooth and mobile-phone entry: the phone in someone’s pocket becomes the credential
- SIM-based remote access: the gate answers a call or a text, so you can let a courier in from anywhere
- Access controllers: the unit holding the user list and deciding what each credential may open
- Intercom-style controlled entry: whoever is at the gate asks, someone inside decides
- Free-exit and safety devices: sensors, loops and edges, so a vehicle always gets out and the gate stops for anything in its path
A house on its own driveway runs on one keypad and two remotes. An entrance behind eight dwellings needs a controller with room for that many credentials, and the ability to cancel one without touching the rest.
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Industries We Serve
We proudly serve clients across a range of sectors, including:
Hospitals
Aviation Surfaces
Schools
Sporting Surfaces
Factory Safety Lines
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Putting access onto a gate you already have
A gate that still swings or slides properly is a legitimate starting point, and much of our work is automating one rather than selling a replacement. Alongside supply and installation we carry parts, hardware, access controllers, remote locks and everything that goes with automating a pre-existing gate.
On a city section the first constraint is usually space. A motor, a controller and the cabling need somewhere to sit that is not in front of a parked car, and behind a townhouse block there is often almost no frontage to give them. After that comes the gate: whether the leaf is heavier or wider than the hardware would be rated for, and whether the hinges, posts and, on a slider, the track and rollers will stand being worked by a motor several times an hour rather than by hand twice a day. The fall of the driveway through the swing or slide is measured rather than eyeballed, because sloped ground is workable using safety devices and alternative opening methods, but not on an assumption.
Where the gate has had its day, that is said at the visit, and the reason given.
One gate, several households
The rebuilt central city runs to new-build apartments and townhouses more than standalone homes, and a shared entrance behind them has a problem a single-house driveway never has: the people change. A tenant leaves. A property manager changes. A cleaner finishes up. Each is a credential that should stop working on a particular day.
That is a specification decision, not an afterthought. Where credentials are issued individually, removing one person takes a minute and nobody else notices. Where there is one shared code, removing a person means changing it for everyone and handing the new one out again, which is how a code ends up known to half the street.
Decide early who holds the list and what happens when a remote goes missing. Hinges, rollers and a motor cycling several times a day are consumable parts, so routine servicing belongs in the plan too.
Power at the gate, and what the weather does to the hardware
Mains at the entrance is the simple case. Where there is no cable at the gate, gates can run on solar, which keeps the running cost off your power bill, and a battery carries them through the hours the panel is not earning. That battery also keeps the gate working through an outage. Manual release is the backstop, letting somebody free the gate by hand so a vehicle still gets out. SIM-based access needs mobile coverage at the gate, not at the house, so we check the signal at the entrance before specifying it.
Christchurch weather works on the hardware rather than the gate. The city records roughly 37 screen frosts and 90 ground frosts a year, chiefly April to October, and cold plus condensation is what an exposed keypad and an outdoor enclosure live with. The nor’wester is the other end of it, gusty enough to push the city above 30 degrees, a wind-loading question for a tall solid leaf.
Christchurch City Council, and where a gate gets caught
Christchurch City Council requires a building consent for a fence or hoarding over 2.5 metres, measured vertically from the top of the fence to the supporting ground directly below. A gate is generally read the same way.
The district plan can bite independently of that. In the Character Area Overlay, the Residential New Neighbourhood Zone and the medium and high density residential zones, lower and/or visually transparent designs are required unless a resource consent is obtained. A gate on the road boundary is most likely to meet one of those rules, being the most visible thing on the site. Near a stream, river or open drainage channel, the fence must sit at least 3 m from the bank, or one-third of the district plan waterway setback, whichever is larger. Where the fall is 1 metre or more, a safety barrier is required regardless.
Pool and spa barriers sit outside all of that, with their own requirements. On a shared boundary, the Fencing Act 1978 governs what you owe your neighbour. Confirm the current position with the council before work starts, and we will build to what they allow.
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Client Testimonials
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The team from Group One were exceptional.
They arrived on time, did a fantastic job and made our childcare centre carpark look like new . Thankyou
Prompt and efficient service.
Very professional and experienced. Syd always answers his phone otherwise calls you back. Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
Competitive price, quality work and even helped me put up the customer parking signs. Went above and beyond. Thanks very much, Syd and Blake.
Great job and no complaints!
Wonderful to work with and helping us get our line marking completed. Would definitely use again and refer to others.
Highly Recommend Group 1 Linemarking!
We recently hired Group 1 Linemarking for a few of our residential strata projects, and the results exceeded our expectations. The team was punctual, professional, and clearly experienced. The line marking was crisp, precise, and done exactly to spec. Communication throughout the process was smooth, and they were flexible with scheduling, which made things a lot easier on our end. If you need reliable, high-quality line marking services, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Group 1. Great job!
Working with Syd and his team is always a pleasure
The quality of work is always to a high standard. The Group One team is always professional, they apply a high standard for safety ensuring their SWMS is tailored for the job and their equipment is serviced and well maintained. I highly recommend Group One and if you use them you won’t be disappointed.
What we do, and what you are paying for
Design, manufacture, installation. Design starts at your entrance, with the opening measured, the gate or the empty space assessed, and a count of who needs a credential. Manufacture is in our own hands, all of it 100% New Zealand made and installed, and the material can be timber, steel, aluminium or stainless steel, with larger commercial motors where the leaf demands one. Installation ends with whoever will hold the list shown how to work it. The job carries a comprehensive warranty and a full after-sales service.
Pricing is on quote. Across this city the item that separates one entrance from the next is credential count, because a controller sitting behind eight townhouses is a different unit from one behind a single driveway, and the number of entry methods you want running alongside it pushes in the same direction. Gate weight and span set the motor size after that. Then it is retrofit against new build, the supply at the gate and any cabling or solar it needs, the corrosion protection specified on outdoor hardware, and travel, which to most addresses on this side of the city is short.
Group One New Zealand, from Foremans Road
Foremans Road in Islington is the address the vans leave from, which makes a job on this side of the city close work, useful on a shared entrance where somebody usually wants a second look once every household has had their say. Sydney Chappell started the New Zealand company in 2026 and it has stayed small. There is a longer story behind it, stated in the company’s own words: “Although Group 1 Line Marking has just started here in New Zealand, as a group we have been operating in Australia for almost 25 years.” Everything else, the range and the rest of the credentials, is on our page.
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Arrange a look at the entrance
Before we come out, settle one question between whoever shares the entrance: who holds the list of credentials, and who can cancel one. Nearly every other decision follows from it, and it is easier settled over a table than at the gate.
Phone us on 027 424 0600 or email info@groupone.co.nz, 7am to 3pm Monday to Friday. Group One New Zealand, Unit 1, 37 Foremans Road, Islington, Christchurch 8042. NZBN 9429053752833.
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What people ask before they book
What do electric gates cost in Christchurch?
Quoted per entrance. Entry methods, credential numbers, gate weight and span, retrofit versus new build, and the power at the gate all move the figure, which is why the visit comes before the number.
Can you work on the gate that is already there?
That is a large part of what we do. Access controllers, remote locks, keypads and mobile entry go onto an existing gate provided it is up to being run by a motor, and we assess that on site.
How does remote access work when I am not home?
A SIM-based controller answers a call or a text and opens the gate; mobile or Bluetooth entry does the same from a phone. Coverage at the gate is the practical limit.
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