CKL engineer Michael Hall achieves CPEng
8 Sep 2022

CKL engineer Michael Hall achieves CPEng

One of our team has recently achieved a significant milestone in the engineering profession: transport engineer Michael Hall is now a Chartered ...

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Four Key Steps to Use Transport to Become an Environmentally Sustainable Business
5 Sep 2022

Four Key Steps to Use Transport to Become an Environmentally Sustainable Business

In 2022, many businesses don’t just want to return a profit, they want to be environmentally sustainable, with changes to how we travel being one ...

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Senior leadership team attend strategy day
29 Aug 2022

Senior leadership team attend strategy day

Earlier this month CKL’s senior leadership team headed out to La Valla Estate in Tuakau for a strategy workshop. It was a great opportunity to ...

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Medium Density Housing Standards notified by Tier 1 councils
20 Aug 2022

Medium Density Housing Standards notified by Tier 1 councils

This week sees the Government’s Medium Density Housing Standards (MDRS) come into effect for all tier 1 cities across the country (Auckland, ...

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Breakfast at CKL with Tauranga Business Chamber
15 Jul 2022

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 ...

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Property Council New Zealand’s Better Business Hamilton Market Insights event
11 Jul 2022

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 ...

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Two CORT Community Housing projects progress
7 Jul 2022

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. ...

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CKL joins NZPI’s Supporters Initiative Programme
26 Jun 2022

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 ...

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New side-by-side Polaris for Te Awamutu office
13 Jun 2022

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 ...

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New Associates Come on Board at CKL
16 May 2022

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 ...

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Change in Directors as CKL Looks to the Future
16 May 2022

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 ...

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Land Use and Transport through the Strategic Planning Act
6 May 2022

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 ...

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Welcoming back a familiar face
6 May 2022

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 ...

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Planning for Successful Development
5 May 2022

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 ...

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New Senior Engineer for Tauranga Office
15 Apr 2022

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 ...

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Tauranga’s Urban Form and Transport Initiative – What Was It and Should It Return?
13 Apr 2022

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 ...

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RIP Resource Management Act? Introducing the Natural and Built Environments Act
30 Mar 2022

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 ...

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Local Government Reform: Move from Localism to Regionalism and Central Direction
25 Mar 2022

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 ...

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Resource consent for Papatoetoe Gemscott project
17 Mar 2022

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, ...

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Digital billboards and the CKL transport team
10 Mar 2022

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 ...

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NPS-UD Parking
22 Feb 2022

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 ...

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CKL environmental engineer published
22 Feb 2022

CKL environmental engineer published

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

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February 2022 Newsletter
14 Feb 2022

February 2022 Newsletter

Read our February 2022 newsletter here.

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Ohaupo subdivision showcases Water Sensitive Urban Design
3 Feb 2022

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 ...

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