​Environmental Research

Tipa and Associates leads research projects but also works on sub-contract to CRIs, Universities, Iwi authorities and companies. Topics of interest include:

• documenting and restoring significant cultural landscapes;
• matauranga Maori (traditional knowledge);
• developing tools that enable indigenous knowledge to complement environmental science;
• monitoring – in particular the use of Maori indicators; and
• enhancing and protecting mahika kai.

​Resource Management

Tipa and Associates has been contracted to assist with:

• Strategic planning.
• Resource consents, including subdivision consents.
• Cultural Impact Assessments.
• Preparing Cultural Resource Inventories.
• Preparing management plans.
• Preparing restoration plans.
• Environmental planning tasks in general.
• Negotiating mitigation.
• Negotiating relation agreements.