Our Story

Repost started the way a lot of good Kiwi ideas do — out on the farm, with a practical problem to solve.

Greg and Dansy Coppell needed 30km of fencing for their 500-hectare sheep and beef farm. Like many farmers, they were working to a tight budget. Greg remembered his dad Allan using old vineyard posts for decades, so they decided to look for discarded ones themselves.

They found a stockpile at a local Marlborough vineyard and spent days picking through the heap. They loaded up the 8-wheeler and headed back to the farm, where they repurposed the broken 2.4m vineyard posts into usable 1.6,1.7 and 1.8m lengths — perfect for stock fencing.

Word got around. Friends and neighbours began asking if they could get their hands on some too. That’s when the idea took root.

The more Greg and Dansy looked into it, the more they realised how big the problem really was — hundreds of thousands of tonnes of durable, treated vineyard posts were ending up in landfill each year. That’s when they connected with Marlborough viticulturalist Stu Dudley, who confirmed what they suspected: the industry had been grappling with this waste issue for decades.

Repost could be the solution.

With a bit of Kiwi ingenuity, some solid rural know-how, and a drive to do better for the land, Repost was born — transforming waste into low-cost, long-lasting fencing that’s good for farmers and good for the planet.

Today, Repost is tackling one of viticulture’s biggest waste challenges and helping Kiwis all over the country build smarter, more sustainable fences.

Because being resourceful is just what we do.

Cheers,
Greg & Dansy Coppell, Stu Dudley & Liam Garlick