Toothbrush fence, Roadside art installation in Te Pahu, New Zealand

The Toothbrush Fence stretches along Limeworks Loop Road and displays hundreds of colorful toothbrushes hanging from wire strands across the rural landscape. The installation grows continuously as contributions arrive from visitors and people living far away who mail their brushes to the location.

Graeme Cairns built the toothbrush fence in 2006 as an absurdist art project, hanging hundreds of toothbrushes along a wire fence on a rural road in Te Pahu, Waikato. The installation gained wider fame when Rhys Darby's character Murray Hewitt cited it as a major New Zealand attraction in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords.

The fence's name comes from the hundreds of toothbrushes wired to it, and it gained fame when Rhys Darby's character Murray Hewitt called it a major New Zealand attraction in the Flight of the Conchords episode "Bret Gives Up the Dream". In season two, the Prime Minister of New Zealand tries to build a New Zealand Town in New York City that includes a toothbrush fence.

Visitors can view the installation from the roadside and take photos without stepping onto private property. Those who want to contribute can mail a toothbrush to the address posted at the fence to add to the ongoing collection.

The fence appears in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords: Rhys Darby's character Murray Hewitt, deputy cultural attaché at the New Zealand consulate, cites it in the episode "Bret Gives Up the Dream" as a major national attraction. In the second season, a New Zealand Town built in New York City includes its own toothbrush fence.