McKinlay Surveyors

If you require land surveying services, you want to find someone you can trust to achieve the outcome you are looking for. McKinlay Surveyors have a proud history of delivering a range of surveying and subdivision services in Taranaki - along with our predecessors, we have been providing surveying services in Taranaki for over 140 years. This means our licensed and registered professional surveyors have the local knowledge and expert insight to provide you with the best possible service.


√ Subdivisions√ Resource Consents√ Land Development Engineering√ Property Ownership and Rights√ Precise Land Measurement√ We do it all!


We work together with local and regional authorities, contractors and other professional consultants to ensure the smoothest possible transition through the subdivision and development process.


We specialise in:


Urban Land Development


Surveyors have many roles in the land development process. But most importantly, surveyors work with the shape and form of the land to create a functioning system of roads and services upon which a new community will depend.




* Urban design for land development

* Land subdivision resource consent applications

* Land development civil engineering design

* Fee simple, cross lease and unit title subdivision

* Subdivision for residential land use

* Building site survey control and stake out of building lines

* Project Management


Rural Subdivision and Roading


Subdivision provides the landowner with the ability to improve or change the land use, obtain new or more appropriate land titles, and to arrange new mortgages. Rural subdivision can be the first and most crucial step in developing, intensifying or changing rural land use.




* Rural subdivision

* Boundary adjustments between rural landowners

* Maori land title improvements and partition of interests

* Road legalisation surveys

* Topographical surveys for civil engineering design and road rehabilitation

* Farm maps for productive land use


Resource Consent Planning


The Resource Management Act 1991 requires any party seeking to subdivide or develop land to first obtain consent from the local territorial authority in accordance with the District Plan. Determining just how the rules affect your proposal can be complex and a surveyor can provide the professional help that you need.




* Preparation and lodgement of resource consent applications

* Assessment of effects on the environment

* Development potential and feasibility studies

* Project management of consents requiring multiple professional inputs

* Landscape and visual assessments


McKinlay Surveyors are dedicated to achieving the best outcome for your project. We offer a free estimate and provide up front and honest advice. Contact us today!