Civil

Land development & subdivision

• 🇳🇿A New Zealand Guide to Operational Waste for BuildingsNZ Green Building Council · 2022A NZ Green Building Council guide (with a companion calculator) to reducing the operational waste that building tenants send to landfill — how to design and manage building waste systems for better recycling and diversion.
• 🇳🇿Auckland Code of Practice — Chapter 1 General RequirementsAuckland Council · December 2016Chapter 1 of the Auckland Code of Practice for Land Development and Subdivision — an overview of the approvals and processes for developing public infrastructure, covering much of the same ground as NZS 4404.
• 🇳🇿Auckland Transport Code of Practice — Section 1 General ProvisionsAuckland Transport · November 2008Section 1 of the Auckland Transport Code of Practice (city infrastructure and land development engineering standards) — scope, statutory requirements and the process for engineering approvals on land-development projects.
• 🇳🇿Civil — University Design Guidelines (Section 4)University of CanterburySection 4 (Civil) of the University of Canterbury's campus Design Guidelines — the university's civil-engineering design standards (site services, drainage and infrastructure) for its building projects.
• 🇳🇿Code of Practice for Land Development and Subdivision Infrastructure (Napier)Napier City Council · May 2022Napier City Council's code of practice for land development and subdivision infrastructure — engineering standards for earthworks, roading, water, wastewater and stormwater assets in new subdivisions.
• 🇳🇿Engineering Standards for Land DevelopmentMarlborough District CouncilMarlborough District Council's engineering standards for land development — the design and construction requirements for roading, water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure in new subdivisions.
• 🇳🇿Infrastructure Design StandardTimaru District CouncilTimaru District Council's Infrastructure Design Standard — the design requirements for public infrastructure (roading, water, wastewater, stormwater) in land development.
• 🇳🇿Stormwater Code of Practice (Auckland Council)Auckland Council · March 2026Chapter 4 (Stormwater) of the Auckland Code of Practice for Land Development and Subdivision — the minimum design and construction standards for new public stormwater assets vested in Auckland Council.
• 🇳🇿Subdivision — Quality Planning Guidance NoteQuality Planning (MfE) · March 2015A Quality Planning (MfE) guidance note on subdivision under the Resource Management Act — how councils manage subdivision through district-plan objectives, policies and rules.