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of experience in resource management, our unique mix of technical rigour and bold innovation empowers us to disrupt outdated systems and old ways of thinking, working with you to craft solutions that have a positive and lasting environmental impact.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…
Alastair Jewell | Principal Planner | Nelson Office
Dr Belinda McFadgen | Senior Environmental Policy Consultant | Wellington Office
Dr Elizabeth Parlato | Senior Ecologist | Palmerston North Head Office
Dr Fleur Maseyk | General Manager & Conservation Scientist | Wellington Office
Greg Carlyon | Founder & Director | Palmerston North Head Office
Maree Gurney | Business Support | Palmerston North Head Office
Mike Scott | Principal Planner (OG) | Nelson Office
Pia Bennett | Kaiurunga Kaupapa Taiao | Tauranga Moana | Tauranga Office
Tania Putu | Office Manager | Palmerston North Head Office
Te Ratuhi Clements | Kaiurunga, Project Navigator | Tauranga Office