Sectors
Mining and Quarrying
Mining and quarrying activities can have significant interactions with streams, rivers, wetlands, and groundwater systems. Understanding and managing these effects is essential throughout the life of a project, from planning and consenting through to operation, rehabilitation, and closure.
We work alongside mining companies, quarry operators, consultants, and regulators to assess and manage the effects of resource extraction. Our work supports environmental planning, resource consenting, compliance monitoring, and rehabilitation programmes.
Services include freshwater ecological assessments, wetland assessments, fish surveys, water quality monitoring, ecotoxicology, aquatic habitat assessments, resource consent support and expert evidence. We have experience working on coal, gold, and aggregate extraction projects across a range of environmental settings.
Our focus is to help clients achieve regulatory compliance and environmental outcomes while supporting responsible resource development.
Agriculture
Agricultural landscapes contain many of New Zealand's rivers, streams, drains and wetlands. These freshwater environments provide habitat for native species, contribute to water quality, and support the health of wider catchments.
We work with farmers, irrigation schemes, industry groups, and rural landowners to understand, protect, and manage freshwater and wetland ecosystems. Our work supports environmental planning, resource consenting, and on-farm decision-making.
Services include freshwater ecological and water quality assessments, environmental monitoring, wetland assessments, restoration planning, and resource consent support. We provide practical advice suited to working agricultural landscapes.
Our goal is to help clients achieve regulatory compliance and positive environmental outcomes while maintaining productive land use.
Renewables
Renewable energy projects, including hydroelectric schemes, wind farms, solar and geothermal developments, often require careful consideration of freshwater and ecological values during project planning, consenting, construction, and operation. Understanding how development activities may affect rivers, streams and wetlands is fundamental to effective environmental management.
We provide freshwater and wetland ecology services to renewable energy projects across New Zealand. Our work includes ecological assessments, environmental monitoring, and resource consent support, with particular expertise in habitat modelling and environmental flow assessments.
Our experience helps clients identify ecological risks early, meet regulatory requirements, and develop practical solutions that support both environmental outcomes and renewable energy generation objectives.
Land Development
Land development and infrastructure projects, including new subdivisions and infrastructure upgrades, involve changes to stormwater systems, drainage networks, and receiving environments. Understanding how these changes affect rivers, streams, and wetlands is fundamental to effective environmental management.
We deliver freshwater and wetland ecology services to land development projects across New Zealand. Our work includes ecological and water quality assessments, environmental monitoring, and resource consent support. We have a particular experience in urban fish passage, habitat realignment and restoration.
Our team helps clients identify ecological constraints early, inform subdivision design and stormwater management, meet regulatory requirements, and develop practical solutions that integrate development outcomes with freshwater and wetland values.
Transport and Infrastructure
Transport and infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, rail corridors, and utility networks are often adjacent to rivers, streams, and wetlands. These interactions can influence water quality, habitat connectivity, and biota.
We provide freshwater and wetland ecology services to transport and infrastructure projects across New Zealand, supporting planning, design, and consenting phases. Our work is often integrated with engineering teams to ensure ecological considerations are incorporated into project design and delivery.
Our services include ecological and water quality assessments, wetland assessments, water quality monitoring, resource consent support, and advice on aquatic habitat and fish passage. We have particular experience working in complex urban drainage systems where ecological function is closely linked to engineered stormwater infrastructure.
We help clients manage ecological effects in a way that supports resilient infrastructure outcomes and compliance with environmental requirements.
Local Government
Local, regional, and central government agencies play a key role in managing freshwater resources, setting environmental limits, and implementing policy frameworks that shape land and water use. Effective decision-making relies on robust ecological science and clear understanding of freshwater systems.
We provide freshwater and wetland ecology services to government agencies and associated organisations across policy, planning, and regulatory functions. Our work includes support for limit setting, plan change development, consenting processes, and technical input to river and catchment management initiatives. We also work alongside river engineering teams to integrate ecological considerations into infrastructure and drainage systems.
We have particular experience providing expert ecological evidence for hearings and supporting robust, defensible decision-making in regulatory and legal contexts.
Our experience helps clients develop sound policy, meet statutory requirements, and make informed decisions that support the long-term health of freshwater ecosystems.
