This project, on beautiful farmland in the Ararimu District, illustrates perfectly how proactive planting can mitigate the impact of development. It consisted of planting 68,000 plants along 3.7km of the Ararimu stream.

Kauri Park are proud to have been involved in Taranaki Regional Council’s globally acclaimed project to prepare their waterways for future generations.

The preservation of Auckland’s urban forest is vital to protect biodiversity and ecosystem services, mitigate climate change, and enhance human well-being. This project to create a 2.3km green urban corridor linking Flat Bush to Barry Curtis Park, demonstrates perfectly how this can be achieved.

The Northern Diversion project was a juxtaposition of a man-made quarry, and Mother Nature – the adjacent estuary. Our task was to create a self-sufficient ecosystem in between them, seamlessly blending the two worlds and providing enjoyment to those passing through.

Ara Tūhono means a connecting pathway - perfect for this much vaunted stretch of motorway that extends the Northern Motorway from the Johnstones Hill Tunnels to Warkworth, contributing to the economic growth of the Northland region.

The Auckland Northern Motorway has been a multi-year marathon for NZTA. Carving a major state highway through geologically complicated terrain was certainly a complex task for the many engineers and designers involved.

Adding a 2km long 25ha wastewater treatment wetland to an existing system of wastewater ponds seems a great idea for a passive treatment system.

The Cambridge Bypass, part of the Waikato Expressway, is the largest Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Authority project in the history of the Waikato region.

The Taramakau Bridge, which crosses the Taramakau River between Kumara Junction and Greymouth on the West Coast, was a two year and $25 million dollar project for Waka Kotahi NZTA and was officially opened in July 2018.

The Onehunga foreshore is a unique part of the Auckland landscape - a man-made shoreline created to restore the environment that was destroyed in the 1977 construction of State Highway 20.

An urban playground designed to get people of all ages having silly amounts of fun. Now that’s our kind of ecovitalism.