our services

I orea te tuatara ka patu ki waho.

A problem is solved by continuing to find solutions.

Do you need some big-picture scoping help or detailed expert technical skills to keep your project humming along? We’re set up to work anywhere and can fit in where you need it most - whole projects, specific tasks, at your place or ours. 

planning

  • District and regional plan writing and review

  • Planning policy research, analysis and reporting

  • Resource consent applications and Assessments of Environmental Effects (AEEs)

  • Fr​eshwater policy

  • Section 32 evaluation and reports

  • Section 42A reports

  • Project management

  • Submission data management (Spoken)

  • ​Drafting submissions

  • Writing and presenting hearing evidence

  • Facilitation and engagement

  • Feasibility assessments

  • Geospatial data analysis and environmental visualisation

kaupapa taiao

  • Treaty settlement  support

  • Hapū and iwi  management plans

  • Wai Māori, Wai tai issue facilitation for wananga

  • Iwi and hapū-based research and monitoring

  • Papakāinga housing development

  • RMA process training

  • Supporting engagement and development of Cultural Values Assessments (CVA) and Cultural Impact Assessments (CIA)

  • Takiwā mapping

  • Context-based learning in te ao Māori to support meaningful engagement with whānau, hapū, and iwi

ecology

  • Freshwater monitoring plans​

  • Freshwater research

  • Citizen science programme development

  • Community catchment group education

  • Water quality monitoring

  • Ecological assessments

  • Site values definition

knowledge

  • Key Concepts training on the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (NPS FM): (offered through the New Zealand Planning Institute)

  • How to Implement the NPS FM (training offered through the New Zealand Planning Institute)

  • RMA expert witness training

  • Community education programs

  • Educational resources and expert speakers for schools

  • Advice on environmental data management

  • Technical communication and information design

Kaupapa Māori

We support our staff to explore and expand our understanding of te ao Māori. We have an internal Kaupapa Māori Strategy to help us make better decisions for our clients who are interested and aligned with kaupapa Māori. We can meet their aspirations when it comes to environmental management from a Māori perspective.



The strategy helps our whole team form better relationships
We wanted to embed mātauranga Māori into our team culture because it's fundamental to the mahi (work) we do.  We mainly wanted to support our Kaupapa Taiao Specialists' mahi, but the strategy is for our entire team. It helps us create better relationships with our Māori whānau in mana-enhancing ways, and it helps us exercise one of our company uaratanga (values):  Hei hāpai ō – where we support iwi and hapū to meet their aspirations.


 
This is how we like to work
When we decided to change our branding to a Māori name, we wanted to walk the talk and really understand the Māori world view to support the mahi we do for tangata whenua and tangata moana in and around the environment. It’s important to us as a team of 19 that we learn about tikanga (customs) and kawa (marae protocol) when it comes to interacting with iwi and hapū, for example when attending pōwhiri (welcoming ceremony) or introducing ourselves at hui (meeting).