WE BRING FOCUS
WHAT WE DO
The public sector is becoming increasingly complex, with a growing need for integrated thinking, multi-skilled teams and an ability to bring people together to work towards a common goal.
Rationale are nationally regarded as trusted advisors and innovators within New Zealand's public sector. We work with our clients to shape investment, develop strategy, and tell stories, while ensuring all our work is backed up by evidence and analysis. We aim to see our projects implemented, ensuring they make a difference to the communities we work within.
We offer a continuum of services – from early evidence gathering, community engagement and direction setting to analysis and optioneering. We manage and integrate a wide array of thinking and evidence into key strategic deliverables such as Spatial Plans, Masterplans, AMPs, Organisation Transformation Plans as well as key statutory documents that inform public sector investment.
All stages in our continuum are about adding more depth and focus to an investment proposal or strategic objective.
OUR PROJECTS WHAT WE DO
NZ DRIVER LICENSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME
THE PROBLEM
More than one million people over 16 years who live in Aotearoa New Zealand currently do not have a…
CONSISTENT CONDITION DATA COLLECTION
The Te Ringa Maimoa Consistent Condition Data Collection (CCDC) project is a game changer for local road asset management in…
TE MANAWATAKI O TE PAPA
Tauranga’s city centre was failing to deliver the social, cultural, economic and environmental benefits expected of the fifth largest city…
SUPPORT THROUGH THREE WATERS UNCERTAINTY
Understanding how to fund the required investment in three waters is a significant challenge many local authorities are grappling with.
MACKENZIE DISTRICT PLAN REVIEW
Mackenzie District Council (MDC) is updating its District Plan to ensure the Mackenzie District can grow in a sustainable way,…
VINCENT SPATIAL PLAN
The Vincent area in Central Otago has an extraordinary and distinctive character.
WEST COAST COMBINED TRANSPORT PLANNING
Since 2017, Rationale has been working with the three Council’s on New Zealand’s West Coast (Te Tai o Poutini) as…
MACKENZIE SPATIAL PLANS
The Mackenzie District has been significantly impacted by unprecedented and sustained levels of growth over the past ten years.
THREE WATERS REFORM PLANNING BUSINESS CASE
Councils around the country are facing significant change and uncertainty in the three waters space, with significant government reform underway.
QUEENSTOWN TOWN CENTRE MASTERPLAN
The Queenstown Masterplan came about when a long period of under-investment in the town’s infrastructure inevitably collided with an ongoing…
KOPU MARINE PRECINCT BUSINESS CASE
The Thames Coromandel District is well known throughout New Zealand for its warm climate, beautiful beaches and bush-clad hills.
CORPORATE SERVICES FEASIBILITY STUDY
The Social Wellbeing Agency (SWA) is a central government organisation that supports social sector decision-makers, providing cross-social sector advice on…