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Expert help for your environmental projects.

Our team of planning, kaupapa taiao, and ecology specialists can help you design and carry out exceptional policy reviews and environmental projects. We'll connect you to the right tools and knowledge, every step of the way.

​We love what we do.

We work with central and local government, community groups, marae, hapū, iwi, and NGOs across New Zealand. We believe your projects can create a future where sustainability is the norm, the environment comes first, and Māori partnerships are honoured. ​
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Some recent work.

Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū Tararua Highway
KiwiRail Regional Freight Hub
Marlborough aquaculture plan variation
Pain and Kershaw commercial development
Regional plan review support for tangata whenua
Manawatū coastal environment plan review
Making GREAT policy decisions
Ruapehu Express Environmental Management Plan
Martinborough Community Centre

Our services.

Do you need some big picture scoping help for your environmental project? An extra person and technical skills to keep your policy review humming along? We are set up to work anywhere and can fit in where you need it most - whole projects, specific tasks, at your place or ours. 

We love to collaborate with people (that's you) and will operate as an extension of your team. You'll have our deep experience and broad subject matter knowledge at your fingertips. Your projects will be in good hands, and you can get on with doing other important, strategic, and future-focussed work.
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PLANNING

Regional and district plan review
Fr​eshwater policy
Section 32 evaluation and reports
Section 42A reports
Submission data management (Spoken)
​Drafting submissions
Writing and presenting hearing evidence
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KAUPAPA TAIAO

Treaty settlement  support
Iwi  management plans
Freshwater issue facilitation for wananga
Iwi and hapū-based research and monitoring
Papakāinga housing development
RMA process training
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ECOLOGY

Freshwater monitoring plans
​Freshwater research
Citizen science programme development
Community catchment group education

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The Kāhu Environmental story.

Since 2007 we’ve evolved from one planner in his garage to a diverse team of 15 resource management planners, kaupapa taiao experts, and ecologists. In 2021 we changed our name from Perception Planning to Kāhu Environmental. It evokes the vision and fine skills that we are known for, and neatly describes who we’ve become.
  • The kāhu/harrier hawk is a bird with amazing eyesight (which reflects our Perception Planning origins)
  • A kāhu hovers above the earth and takes in a landscape view, and can hone in on fine detail
  • The kāhu is at home in native forests, pasture, and forestry, successfully straddling Pākehā and Māori worlds. Much of the work we do operates in both spheres.
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