# Derive Consulting Group

> RMA and freshwater management consultants based in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. We help property owners, developers and councils navigate resource consents, environmental compliance, and freshwater planning under New Zealand's Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) and related National Policy Statements.

Service area: Wellington Region, Hutt Valley, Porirua, Kapiti Coast, Wairarapa, wider Lower North Island.
Directors: Charlie Hopkins (Managing Director, BSc Ecology, MEnvMgmt) and Shaun (Environmental Consultant).

## Services

- [Resource Consents](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/services/resource-consents): RMA consent applications, AEEs, notification advice, plan-change submissions, retrospective consents.
- [Property Due Diligence](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/services/due-diligence): pre-purchase planning, hazard and contamination screening, feasibility memos.
- [Ecology](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/services/ecology): ecological assessment, SNA evaluation, freshwater ecology, planting plans.
- [Compliance & Enforcement](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/services/compliance): abatement notices, dangerous-building notices, retrospective consents, audits.
- [Management Plans](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/services/management-plans): Erosion & Sediment Control Plans, Landscape Planting Plans, Stormwater Management Plans.
- [Risk Management](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/services/risk-management): RMA risk reviews, mitigation strategy.
- [Mediation & Dispute Resolution](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/services/mediation): facilitated resolution of consent objections and neighbour disputes.

## Case studies

Real projects in Wellington, Hutt Valley, Porirua, and the Wairarapa coast.

- [15-Unit Apartment Consent, Boulcott](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/case-studies/boulcott-apartments)
- [Contractor's Yard next to Taupō Swamp, Plimmerton](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/case-studies/taupo-swamp-contractors-yard)
- [Mataikona River Bridge (Cyclone Gabrielle recovery)](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/case-studies/mataikona-bridge-cyclone-recovery)
- [Wainuiomata Dangerous Building Notice](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/case-studies/wainuiomata-dangerous-building-notice)
- [Wellington Lapsed Consent + Enforcement](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/case-studies/wellington-lapsed-consent-enforcement)
- [Lower Hutt Plan Change Uplift to MDR](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/case-studies/lower-hutt-plan-change-uplift)
- [Alicetown Commercial Site Due Diligence](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/case-studies/alicetown-commercial-due-diligence)
- [All case studies](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/case-studies)

## Insights

Plain-English explainers on RMA process, consents, compliance, and freshwater regulation, written by Charlie Hopkins.

- [Property Due Diligence: A Phone Call Can Save a Major Headache](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/insights/property-due-diligence-save-headaches)
- [The Power of Knowing Your Numbers](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/insights/knowing-your-numbers)
- [All insights](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/insights)

## Lead magnet

- [Property Due Diligence Checklist (Word, fillable)](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/downloads/derive-property-due-diligence-checklist.docx) — 40+ checks across planning, title, hazards, contamination, infrastructure and ecology.

## Contact

- [Contact form](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/contact)
- Email: contact@derive.nz
- Phone: +64 27 228 5292
- Address: 25 Rutherford Street, Lower Hutt, Wellington 5010, New Zealand

## About

- [About the team](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/about)
- [Community / Trees That Count partnership](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/community)

## Legal

- [Terms of Trade](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/terms) — the terms and conditions that apply to our services. Full document: [Terms of Trade (PDF)](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/downloads/terms-of-trade.pdf)
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.deriveconsultinggroup.co.nz/privacy)