March 2024
Today, restoring a wetland on your property can potentially deliver environmental and land development benefits. Meet our Ecologists, the powerhouses behind our ecological solutions for enhancement-based land development.
February 2024
Senior Ecologist, Joshua Wium, discusses how to identify and delineate a wetland and the benefits of protecting wetlands in the Auckland region.
September 2023
We discuss the rural subdivision rules of the Unitary Plan and recent changes that affect their implementation.
July 2023
We discuss how Auckland Council could incentivise the creation of ecological corridors across the region.
May 2023
The flooding in Auckland over the last few months has brought into focus the reduced level of ecosystem services that are in place in rural Auckland. We discuss the opportunities for natural wetlands to act as significant flood storage reservoirs, holding water back during large flood events and then releasing water after flood peaks have passed.
March 2023
When undertaking urban subdivisions sometimes streams need to be modified to facilitate housing. Our team is available to explore rural stream restoration and protection to mitigate stream loss from urban development.
March 2023
National Environmental Standards and Policy Statements are part of the ever-changing face of rural land development and subdivision, and another in the list of items that need to be considered when subdividing land.
February 2023
The recent extreme weather events across the country have caused slips affecting some properties. Cato Bolam is available to provide services to assist with slip remediation and a detailed assessment of slip damage for both insurance and remedial design purposes.
January 2023
Our expert Land Contamination Team takes you through a recently completed project on a 2.7 hectare property located west of Whangarei.
September 2022
In this article we focus on a specific case study where we restored a wetland that initially had very low vegetation quality dues to decades of ongoing stock grazing, and then proceeded to apply for and gain subdivision resource consent based on these areas, and then a new title.
