Sustainable Forestry with Practical, Compliance Solutions

We help clients:

• Navigate complex rules and approvals: Our planners are experts in the RMA, NES-CF, and local district plans, guiding your forestry operations and harvesting consents to ensure compliance and avoid delays.
• Design and manage critical infrastructure: Our engineers deliver robust access roads, culverts, and stormwater solutions that protect environmental values and support efficient forest operations.
• Provide ongoing monitoring and compliance support: We offer forest harvest and earthworks monitoring; post-consent monitoring, erosion, and sediment control inspections, and reporting to give you confidence in your operations.
• Foster long-term partnerships: We work alongside iwi, multi-generational landowners, investors, and farm foresters, building trusted relationships grounded in expertise, best practice, cultural understanding and practical outcomes.

Land Matters supports forestry clients with tailored monitoring services that keep your operations compliant and stress-free. From regular erosion and sediment control checks to detailed compliance reporting, we help you meet consent conditions, protect the environment, and avoid costly setbacks.

Planning & Resource Consents

• Preparation of Forest Harvest Management Plans; and Earthworks Management Plans
• Navigating the RMA, NES-CF, and local district and regional council requirements with ease.
• Secure consents for forest establishment, harvesting, access roads, earthworks, and more.
• Keep your projects compliant and avoid costly delays.

Surveying & Drone Imagery

• Accurate and real time drone imagery
• GPS co-ordination of constructed forestry assets
• Boundary surveys, easements, and subdivisions tailored for forestry blocks.
• Practical advice to help maximise your land’s current use and future potential.
• Integrate with long-term land strategies, including options for diversification.

Engineering Design & Infrastructure

• Robust designs for access roads, culverts, stormwater, and forest infrastructure.
• Solutions that stand up to heavy machinery and sensitive catchments.
• Full oversight management from concept to delivery.

Monitoring & Compliance

• Monitoring and compliance reporting.
• Erosion and sediment control inspections to protect your site and waterways.
• Peace of mind that your obligations are met, year after year.

Trusted Partnerships

• Strong relationships with iwi and Councils around New Zealand,
• Working relationships with multi-generational landowners, farm foresters, and investors.
• Culturally responsive, values-driven, and focused on outcomes that matter to your whānau and stakeholders.