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On a shared boundary the fence starts with a conversation, and when that goes nowhere it starts with a piece of paper. Under the Fencing Act 1978 you must give your neighbour a Fencing Notice before any work begins, and give them 21 days to respond. Waimakariri District Council stays out of the argument entirely unless a consent is involved. Group One New Zealand designs, manufactures and installs safety and palisade fencing across Rangiora, with crews travelling up from the Islington base in Christchurch. Sydney Chappell started the New Zealand company in 2026. Tell us where the line runs and we will come and measure it.
The order these things happen in
Getting the sequence right saves more money than any material decision on this page.
First, the neighbour. If you both agree on the fence, the Fencing Act formality matters less and you can get on with it. If your neighbour will not discuss it or will not agree to what you propose, the Council’s own guidance is to serve a Fencing Notice under the Fencing Act 1978 before any work commences, allowing 21 days for a response.
Second, the consent question. Nationally, a building consent is not required for fences or hoardings up to 2.5 metres high. That is the floor, not the whole answer, because a district plan rule can bite well below it.
Third, the design. Height, materials and gates get fixed once you know what you are allowed to build and who is paying for what. Doing it in that order means nothing has to be undone.
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When Waimakariri District Council gets involved
The Council’s position is refreshingly narrow. It becomes involved in fencing only when a fence requires a building consent or a resource consent, which is also likely to require the written approval of the affected neighbour, or when the fence sits on a boundary adjoining Council land.
The catch is in what triggers that. The Council advises that a resource consent is likely for any fence on the road boundary or on an internal boundary. On a typical Rangiora section, that covers most of the perimeter. It does not mean a consent is automatic, and it does mean the question is worth asking before the steel is ordered rather than after.
There is one place that narrow role widens without exception. A fence enclosing a swimming pool or a spa pool is a safety barrier under the national pool rules rather than an ordinary boundary fence, so it sits outside the 2.5 metre allowance and needs a building consent at any height, and Waimakariri District Council is involved in that job whether or not anything else on this page applies to your address. Say so at the site visit if a pool or spa falls inside the run we are quoting, because the gate hardware and the clearances around it are designed in, not retrofitted afterwards.
Confirm the current requirements with Waimakariri District Council for your address before work starts, and we build to what they allow.
Phone us on 027 424 0600, 7am to 3pm Monday to Friday. A crew comes up to walk the boundary with you and put a written quote together from the site rather than from a map.
Palisade, anti-climb mesh and safety barriers
Steel palisade is the hard perimeter. Vertical pales bolt to horizontal rails carried on posts set in concrete, the pales are rolled to a profile that resists climbing, and the gaps between them keep a site visible from the road instead of screening it. Pale tops can be finished rounded where the fence faces a footpath, or pointed where the brief asks for it.
358 anti-climb mesh is the other perimeter commonly specified in New Zealand. Its aperture is too tight to take a foothold, and the fence nearly disappears from a few metres away, which suits frontages where palisade would look heavy-handed.
Safety barriers and edge protection sit apart from both. They exist to stop a fall rather than to secure a boundary, and they turn up on loading areas, mezzanines and anywhere the ground drops away sharply.
Panels for a few weeks, or steel for a few decades
The phrase safety fencing covers two products that share nothing but a name. One is the temporary panel fence on portable feet, hired by the week to close off a build, a trench or an event, and collected when the work finishes. The other is permanent, set in concrete and specified to stand for decades. Group One New Zealand builds the permanent kind, designed and manufactured for one property and installed to stay where it is put.
Building for a windier North Canterbury
Canterbury’s strongest winds come from the north-west, and winter southerlies bring hard frosts across the plains. Environment Canterbury’s projections put inland areas north and west of Rangiora at 15 to 25% windier in winter and spring by 2090, against 5 to 15% for the region generally.
That is a specification argument, not a weather report. A solid fence takes the full load of a nor’wester; a palisade run lets it through, which is one reason palisade stays standing where panels lift. Post size, post spacing and footing depth all follow from the finished height and the exposure of the line.
We work in steel, aluminium and stainless steel. On a perimeter fence, hot-dip galvanising after fabrication does the long-term work, because it coats the inside of the section as well as the outside. Powder coat goes over it where colour matters or the fence faces a street.
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Design, manufacture, installation
Everything begins with someone on your boundary holding a tape measure and looking at the ground, the access for a post-hole borer, and where gates have to land. Design converts that into heights, pale spacing, gate swings and hardware, checked against the rules that apply to your particular boundary.
Manufacture happens off site. Installation is posts, concrete, rails and pales, then gates hung and adjusted until they swing or slide under their own weight without help.
We guarantee all the work we do, with a full after-sales service behind it. Gates carry the moving parts, so that matters most there.
What a fencing quote is built from
Pricing is on quote, and these are the things that move it:
- Perimeter length, plus corners and changes of level along the run
- Finished height, which drives post size, footing depth and the consent question
- Ground conditions and machinery access along the line
- Gates: pedestrian or vehicle, swing or slide, manual or automated
- Finish: galvanised only, or galvanised and powder coated to a colour
Sections around Rangiora run anywhere from roughly 330 m² to over 1,100 m², so two jobs on the same street can have very different perimeters to cover.
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Group One New Zealand, and what the years actually refer to
You will see almost 25 years attached to this name, so it is worth being exact about where those years were spent. 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.” The New Zealand company is a 2026 start under founder Sydney Chappell, a small team running north from Islington in Christchurch to Rangiora and the rest of Waimakariri. What travels with it is the fabrication side. Pale profile, rail spacing, post section and footing depth are ours to decide, which is the only useful answer to a district Environment Canterbury expects to get windier through winter and spring. Air passing through a palisade line is a structural advantage rather than a compromise, and it gets chosen at the drawing instead of argued about after a gale. The Council stays out of most boundary fences, so the sequence that actually governs your timing is the written notice to the neighbour. The page carries the full range and credentials.
Get the boundary measured
North Canterbury has land unlocked for up to 17,000 new houses across Rangiora and its neighbouring towns, which is a lot of boundaries that have never carried a fence. If one of them is yours, we will come and look at it before quoting.
Phone us on 027 424 0600 or email info@groupone.co.nz, 7am to 3pm Monday to Friday. Have the site address, a rough boundary length, the height you want and whether the run is a road, internal or reserve boundary. Group One New Zealand, Unit 1, 37 Foremans Road, Islington, Christchurch 8042. NZBN 9429053752833.
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What Rangiora owners ask before they build
Does my neighbour have to pay for half the fence?
Under the Fencing Act 1978 adjoining owners share the cost of an adequate boundary fence. If your neighbour will not agree, the Council’s guidance is to serve a Fencing Notice and allow 21 days for a response before any work starts.
Do I need a consent for a fence on my road boundary?
Waimakariri District Council advises a resource consent is likely for any fence on a road boundary or an internal boundary, so check your address with the Council. A building consent is a separate question and nationally is not required up to 2.5 metres.
What are the pros and cons of palisade fencing?
For: very hard to climb, decades of life in galvanised steel, nothing to rot at ground level, and open sightlines. Against: it reads as industrial, and it costs more than timber or wire. Around here the wind exposure pushes the argument in palisade’s favour more often than it does on a sheltered site.
How much does it cost to fence 100 metres?
There is no rate we would publish, because 100 metres of level open boundary and 100 metres stepping across a rise are not the same job. Height, gates and finish move it further again.
Does the Council come out if my neighbour and I disagree?
No. Fencing disputes between owners sit under the Fencing Act, not with the Council. The Council’s involvement starts only at a consent, or where the boundary adjoins Council land.
Can you do a fence and a gate that adjoins Council reserve land?
Yes, and that is one of the cases where the Council does have a say. Worth raising with them early, since it changes what can be approved.
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