
Breakfast at CKL with Tauranga Business Chamber
On Tuesday 12 July, we held a successful event at our CKL Tauranga office, Breakfast at CKL with the Tauranga Business Chamber.Our team enjoyed ...

Property Council New Zealand’s Better Business Hamilton Market Insights event
Last Thursday the Property Council New Zealand’s Better Business Hamilton Market Insights event attracted a great crowd of like-minded business ...

Two CORT Community Housing projects progress
We’re pleased to see construction start on CORT Community Housing’s latest project, partnering with ACC to deliver ten apartments in Papakura. ...

CKL joins NZPI’s Supporters Initiative Programme
With CKL’s emphasis on continued professional development, we’re thrilled to join the New Zealand Planning Institute’s Supporters Initiative ...

New side-by-side Polaris for Te Awamutu office
Check out our Te Awamutu office’s new side-by-side Polaris, an upgrade from a regular quad bike. The team are already enjoying taking it out on ...

New Associates Come on Board at CKL
CKL’s leadership team continues to evolve, with three managers adding associate to their list of credentials. Auckland planning manager Daniel ...

Change in Directors as CKL Looks to the Future
CKL has welcomed two new directors to its board, as principal of land development Jonathan Gwyn and Te Awamutu branch manager Hamish Ross, both ...

Land Use and Transport through the Strategic Planning Act
LISTEN UP, PLANNERS: TRANSPORT FUTURES AND GOVERNMENT REFORMS Local government and resource management reforms could make the National Land Transport ...

Welcoming back a familiar face
We’ve welcomed back a familiar face to the CKL team: Teryll Lemmins as a Senior Planner. Teryll previously worked at CKL between 2016-2019 as a ...

Planning for Successful Development
A lot is at stake when a property is developed. Big or small, a host of moving parts need to be coordinated across a range of disciplines for a ...

New Senior Engineer for Tauranga Office
Our Tauranga team continues to grow with the addition of Alex du Plessis as a Senior Engineer.Alex has a BTECH Arch (Management), and started his ...

Tauranga’s Urban Form and Transport Initiative – What Was It and Should It Return?
Mark Haseley is a Principal Transport Planner with CKL, based in Tauranga. He was involved in the Urban Form and Transport Initiative (UFTI) and ...

RIP Resource Management Act? Introducing the Natural and Built Environments Act
By CKL Planning Manager (Tauranga) Mark BatchelorThis article uses material from a recent MFE/NZPI: RMA Reform Update Seminar 10/03/2022 providing a ...

Local Government Reform: Move from Localism to Regionalism and Central Direction
By CKL Planning Manager (Tauranga) Mark BatchelorRafts of legislative change and resulting structural changes to provincial governance are occurring ...

Resource consent for Papatoetoe Gemscott project
CKL are thrilled to announce the approval of resource consent for yet another Gemscott project, 180 Portage Road, 4 and 6 McDonald Road, ...

Digital billboards and the CKL transport team
Digital billboards are a fantastic advertising medium and you may have noticed them becoming increasingly popular around our cities. If you are ...

NPS-UD Parking
One policy on our minds in 2022 is the NPS-UD (National Policy Statement – Urban Development), requiring some councils to remove minimum car ...

CKL environmental engineer published
Congratulations to CKL environmental engineer Mostafa Baghersad, who has first-authored an article recently published in the journal Advances in ...

February 2022 Newsletter
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Ohaupo subdivision showcases Water Sensitive Urban Design
An innovative project CKL has enjoyed working on to fruition is a 43 lot lifestyle subdivision on Charles Edwards Street in Ohaupo, with Highview ...

CKL’s transport team advances in numbers and expertise
In three short years, CKL’s transport team has grown from one transportation engineering manager to a team of six spread across three North Island ...

December 2021 Newsletter
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CKL’s Tauranga Office Hits Two Year Anniversary
Our Tauranga office recently celebrated its second anniversary, marking a period of steady growth for the office since it opened the doors in ...

New CPEng for CKL’s Civil Engineering Team
CKL are proud to announce one of our civil engineering team, Charlotte Meyer, is now a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng). To reach this ...

CKL supports Gumboot Friday
In support of Gumboot Friday, some of our CKL team donned their gumboots both at home and in our Tauranga office, raising $345 in donations in the ...

Three Waters Reform: Get Up to Speed
A hot topic at the moment is the Three Waters Reform Programme. Many will be aware that New Zealand’s water networks are facing cost and quality ...

CKL supports Loud Shirt Day
Last Friday was Loud Shirt Day - a day to raise awareness and support kiwis who access sound through cochlear implants. Our team got on board with ...

Housing density rule changes for Tier 1 cities
Last week the Government and National announced a bill that brings a new set of intensification and housing density rules for Tier 1 cities: ...

CKL and Stark Property: A Great Working Relationship
While the list of things in common between CKL and Stark Property is long, the one thing that tops that list has nothing to do with property. It’s ...

Three CKL team members achieve cadastral survey licenses
We’re excited to announce that THREE of our team have achieved their Certificates of Competency for their cadastral survey licenses! ...

New Resource Consent for Gemscott in Kerikeri
CKL are thrilled to announce the approval of another resource consent for Gemscott, 307 Kerikeri Road, Kerikeri.Gemscott are a New Zealand-wide ...

CKL Projects with Stark Property
CKL’s transportation planning team in Hamilton have worked on a range of projects with Stark Property. Down in Hamilton East, Stark Property is ...

CKL Engineer Adeel Hassan Published
CKL engineer Adeel Hassan has just been published (along with his co-authors) in the Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. The article, ...

New Survey Manager for Hamilton Office
After just over four years working in the survey team of CKL, Adam Musa has stepped up to take on the role of Survey Manager in CKL’s Hamilton ...

Hamilton City Council District Plan Changes
In a recent announcement from Hamilton City Council, four areas of Hamilton have been marked for ‘extra attention’ in a suite of changes to be ...

Residential Housing Project in Auckland with CORT
CKL are proud to work with CORT Community Housing (Community of Refuge Trust) on this residential housing project in Henderson.CORT is a registered ...

Whenuapai 1 Precinct Development
CKL is proud to have been involved with the Whenuapai 1 Precinct Development since the very start of the development project in 2014. This ...

April 2021 Newsletter
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Edgewater Promenade Apartments at Hobsonville Point
CKL has been part of a collective that’s delivered the Edgewater Promenade apartments at Hobsonville Point to market - and we couldn’t be ...

Brymer Heights Development Update
CKL’s planning team members have collaborated with other experts to deliver some great outcomes for the Brymer Heights development in Hamilton. Our ...

Women Leading the Charge in Engineering
CKL celebrates and champions diversity in every sense of the word. We are also actively involved in developing future planners, surveyors and ...

Woodlands Rise, Orewa – Development Update
CKL has been involved in a multi-stage, 43ha land development project with Orewa Developments Limited on the former Halls Farm East (now Woodlands ...

Bronwyn Rhynd Investiture
12 months after the prestigious Engineering NZ Fellows’ Dinner was cancelled due to COVID, Bronwyn Rhynd has been officially welcomed as a Fellow ...

December 2020 Newsletter
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The Pā Starts to Take Shape
The University of Waikato - Pā ProjectTe Whare Wānanga o Waikato Te PāThe University of Waikato is building an innovative and versatile new marae ...

Wetlands and development - the two can co-exist
The National Policy Statement for Fresh Water (NPS-FW) came into force in September 2020 which has redefined what is considered a Wetland. This ...

Maximising The Value Of Your Property Investment
CKL is a multi-disciplinary land development consultancy combining planning, surveying, civil engineering, transportation engineering, and ...

August 2020 Newsletter
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A Small but Significant Milestone for CKL
During the recent lockdown period, we took the opportunity to review our brand and decided to make a small but significant change to better align our ...

Bronwyn Rhynd recognised as Engineering NZ Fellow
This article first appeared in Engineering New Zealand’s EG magazine in June 2020. Bronwyn Rhynd FEngNZ CPEng IntPE(NZ) Based in: Auckland Role: ...

Response to COVID-19
Like you, we are concerned about the spread of COVID-19 in New Zealand and what this means for business continuity. We are taking significant ...

Add Value To Your Property By Converting Your Cross Lease To A Fee-simple Title
Cross lease ownership places certain restrictions on each owner in relation to the improvements or alterations they may wish to undertake on their ...

December 2019 Newsletter
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CKL set to provide expertise to UNICEF for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene services in Vanuatu
We are delighted to further strengthen our humanitarian and disaster recovery work within the Pacific region and work with UNICEF, the Ministry of ...

CKL Establishes Tauranga Office to Meet Increasing Need for Land Development Expertise
CKL has been providing planning, surveying, engineering and environmental services to clients in the Bay of Plenty Region from our Hamilton, Te ...

June 2019 Newsletter
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December 2018 Newsletter
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September 2018 Newsletter
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May 2018 Newsletter
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