About
The story of Farmgate couldn’t be more New Zealand. In late 2021 Farmgate was born after a spate of rural crime thefts in the neighborhood.
Farmgate was then part of the 2021 Fieldays innovation awards and in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, Farmgate gifted surveillance and license plate recognition cameras into a local Hawkes Bay community to combat rising looting and crime.
The team soon realized that combatting the rise of rural crime required a collective effort by farmers, rural people and whole communities. And so the vision to reduce rural crime widened to what is now called the Rural Crime Reduction Strategy using the latest tech, license plate cameras, community participation and saturation of roads and communities with deterrents.
Farmgate operates from Hamilton with a tech base in South Auckland servicing the greater Waikato, Hauraki, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay and South Auckland regions.
Were on a mission to reduce rural crime in your rural community and work with the NZ Police, Safer Cities, rural communities, Neighbour Support, Community Patrols and Comsafe and key partners and suppliers Bentech, Mainline, Network Imaging Solutions and to name just a few.
Case Studies
Rural Contractor
Waikato
A Waikato rural contractor lost 8,000 litres of diesel over Christmas. We installed 3 license plate cameras and 5 surveillance cameras for them to secure their entrances, track all vehicles coming and going and deter unwanted visitors. The main entrance has an integrated barrier arm with vehicle plate reads for automated entry. They used Farmgate because we could offer high quality license plate cameras with visibility and control via our mobile APP and a whole solution that used 4G connectivity and solar power (as there was no power or internet on site).
Dairy & Beef Farmer
Waikato
A Waikato dry stock and beef farmer was losing high value Angus Beef stock and having trouble with neighbours and boy racers on their dead-end road. We installed a license plate camera to view up their road with stolen vehicle notifications and other cameras around their property using 4G so they had visibility on key areas of the property. Video footage has been used by the Police to help bring about an arrest and multiple restraining orders.
Rural Community
Hawkes Bay
A Hawkes Bay community was having trouble with looting and increased crime following Cyclone Gabrille. Farmgate installed 5 license plate recognition cameras at key locations around the community to track all incoming and outgoing vehicles (all ways in and out are covered). Camera footage is regularly requested by the Police and has been used to identify and impound some boy racer vehicles following a late night gathering and 'loss of traction'. A reduction in crime has also been noted.
