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Thriving environment, thriving people

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | CONSERVATION SCIENCE | KAUPAPA TAIAO

As catalysts for change, we help you navigate conflicting 
interests and regulatory hurdles using our deep understanding of the resource management landscape of Aotearoa New Zealand.  

Latest Projects


Te Pūwaha - Port of Whanganui Revitalisation


We’re experts in delivering tailored solutions to complex environmental challenges.

With decades of experience in resource management, our unique mix of technical rigour and bold innovation empowers us to disrupt outdated systems and old ways of thinking, working with you to craft solutions that have a positive and lasting environmental impact. 

OUR CURRENT CLIENTS INCLUDE:

Our team will support you to make 
good environmental decisions that in turn produce good environmental outcomes – we seek a future where both tangata and taiao can thrive.


Bringing clarity to complexity 

We research, we listen, we analyse and then bring together community voices and experts from different fields to deliver outstanding policy and project outcomes.


Catalysts for environmental excellence 

We’re a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, planners, kaupapa taiao specialists and policy consultants who believe in co-creating solutions for positive environmental impact.


Nature and people at the heart of decision making 

As a tangata tiriti-led business, we work with and for tangata whenua to uphold our collective treaty obligations and deliver outcomes that serve our communities and the environment.




I have been lucky to work with The Catalyst Group in several contexts, and each time I have found the team approachable, engaged, and eager to find solutions that work for us. I highly value the evidence-based approach that they embrace and when blended with a creative outlook, nothing seems impossible. Most importantly, our values align with their team - the environment always comes first!

— Dr Danielle Shanahan, Chief Executive, Zealandia


Environmental Champions

Our bottom line? We care – deeply!  

Complex resource management challenges need more than just technical solutions. That's why we pair our expert knowledge with genuine care and strategic thinking to help you achieve your environmental goals – especially if they're ambitious ones! 

We’re so much more than ‘just another consultancy’. 

Our People

Experience matters!

That's why when you work with us, you'll work directly with our senior specialists across planning & policy, ecology, kaupapa taiao, nature-based solutions, project & resource management and more…