Product launches and 50th anniversary – it’s all go at Bayonet

Celebrating 50 years in business this year, Bayonet is NZ family-owned and operated, based in Tauranga.

Since 1972, we’ve been a trusted trading partner to New Zealand’s rural and construction sectors, producing wire products such as Fixed Knot and Kiwi Knot Prefabricated Farm Fence, Coiled Wire, Barb Wire, Hex Nettings, Fencing Accessories, Wire Construction products and more. In March 2020, after nearly five decades in the business, Paul Bishop officially passed ownership to sons Joel and Frank. fabricator can produce high quality Fixed Knot and Kiwi Knot rolls of 1000+ metres in length with ease.

Having the ability to produce both Fixed Knot and Kiwi Knot prefabricated fence from the same machine gives our customers greater fence configuration flexibility, ensuring the right fencing solution for their situation. We can produce 50m rolls for hobby and lifestyle blocks, 100m or 200m rolls the other side of the fence, 38mm Multi Strand Maxline Hex Netting includes 20 extra horizontal line wires through the bottom section of the netting, reducing the hex aperture down to just 19mm and providing a formidable obstacle with 300mm of fence apron on the ground.

We also re-introduced our iconic Centre Strand Docking Netting in the same month – now redesigned with 38mm hex apertures and 4 x horizontal Centre Strand

500m rolls on our Fixed Lokk machine

“We’re proud to be further developing the business Dad and my grandfather started in ‘72. Employing Kiwi’s, manufacturing Kiwi Made product right here in the Bay of Plenty and using New Zealand Kiwi made wire with a solutions focused approach are at the core of the values we continue to hold tightly to. A lot has changed over the 50 years, however we remain passionately committed to supplying high quality products to Farmers, Fencing Contractors and Roofers New Zealand wide” – Joel Bishop, Bayonet Owner and Director.

In October 2020, Bayonet invested in a state of the art Fixed Lokk fence fabricator which is the only machine of its kind in New Zealand (pictured). Fully automated from start-up to label insertion, this

The Bayonet display trailer ready to hit the road and travel the country

for farmers and 500m rolls for large farmers and fencing contractors with material handling equipment. We also manufacture 750m and 1000m rolls for export markets. Horse fence or Security fencing line wire specifications in Kiwi Knot are another example of our fabricators wide range of manufacturing capability, allowing us to provide many solutions to our customers’ requirements.

It’s been a busy few months at Bayonet.

This past June, we introduced our patented, 38mm Hex Netting Multi Strand Maxline. It’s designed to give an unparalleled level of assistance to obstruct feral animal movement with a hex netting product. Burrowing animals such as rabbits and wallabies can be difficult to keep on wires for greater strength. This product is an animal-friendly solution to temporary docking yards, and can be re-rolled and re-used year after year.

To find out more on Bayonet’s products, or 500m rolls of Fixed Knot or Kiwi Knot for your property, visit your local rural retailer or fencing products specialist today, or we can have one of our sales reps visit you on site to assist you. To check out the recently introduced products, visit the Farm Fencing category on our website.

Talk to Bayonet – we have the solution.

Bayonet.co.nz | 0800 330 320

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