We’re not like other Land Development Consultancies, and we don’t want to be.
ABOUT
As Land Development Specialists with 50+ years experience nationwide, we’re not just great at what we do, we love it too. We know how tedious the complexities of Land Development and Subdivision projects can be. So we formed Capture Land Development Consultants to make the entire process more enjoyable, collaborative and sustainable for all. We’ll work in partnership with you, to help perfectly ‘Capture’ your vision, for your site. And we’ll do it with a refreshingly open, collaborative approach - that’s easy for us, because we’re a genuinely friendly, down-to-earth team.
Craig Hurford
Director,
Christchurch
-
If anyone can cement our place as NZ’s leading provider of Land Development services, Craig can.
Can-do, dependable, and always happy to share his insights, Craig embodies everything that makes Capture unique.
With expertise gained over years as a senior surveyor, engineer and project manager for major UK, Oz & NZ companies - he’s great at speedily analysing and solving problems.
Craig is a true people person, working hands-on to help clients get the best results.
Loves:
Biking, fishing, tramping, boating.Personal Motto:
“Get it done”
Tom Lemon
Director,
Christchurch
-
After helping make Capture the stand-out company it is today, Tom’s on a mission for our continued growth.
Thanks to a 20 year career at leading UK & NZ companies, he’s a construction, management and engineering design specialist! But still totally down-to-earth.
Always looking for the best client outcomes, he loves getting stuck-in to subdivision projects and gets a kick from a job well done.
Loves:
Boating, skiing, his 12-hectare lifestyle block, spending time with his wife & kids - and arm wrestling!Personal Motto:
“Do the job once and do it right”
Dean Lupton
Director,
Auckland
-
Dean is a master at making the complex simple - and as a Capture Director, he does that a lot.
Today he helps Capture the visions of our North Island clients, overseeing projects from Civil Engineering design & consenting, to construction and completion.
Dean’s environmental science insights and years of experience as a Civil Engineer and LD Engineering Manager, mean he’s a fount of environmental and land development wisdom!
Loves:
Playing hockey and watching footy with friends. Spending time with new wife, Leah.Personal Motto:
”Nothing ventured, nothing gained”
Kerryn McPherson
Senior Engineer/ Project Manager,
Auckland
-
Meet Senior Engineer, Kerryn. She loves nothing more than seeing people thrive in the communities that she's helped to create.
Specialising in Land Development, Kerryn has over 24 years’ experience as a surveyor and engineer in Auckland. She is also the first female and first Auckland based land development engineer to obtain the Certified Professional LDE qualification – no mean feat!
Today, she uses her expertise and finely-tuned skills in Design, Project Management and Client Relations to support Capture’s clients in Auckland. From the very first consultation to the final sign-off, she manages every angle of a project with ease.
Loves:
Spending time with my husband and kids in the motorhome at a picturesque NZ location, biking, kayaking and a little bit of land development on the side.Personal Motto:
“Get the job done!”
Ken Middeldorp
Senior Engineer/ Project Manager,
Auckland
-
Calm, cool and collected - when it comes to holding every project element together, Ken’s your man!
A love of learning has led him to work all over the world, collecting an array of skills along the way including completing an engineering degree…in French!
A qualified Builder, Carpenter, and a master at AutoCad. Is there anything Ken can’t do?! Luckily, he gets to use most of his skills at Capture!
Loves:
The environment & sustainability. Travelling, spending time with his family and playing disc golf!Personal Motto:
“Go hard or go home!”
Sonja Perrin
Resource Management Planner, Christchurch
-
As Capture’s Resource Management Planner, Sonja is our go-to guru for ensuring that all the right pieces slot together to achieve the best outcomes for our Clients!
With over 25 years’ experience, and both a Town Planning Degree and Resource Management Certificate, Sonja’s understanding of the legal landscape surrounding every plan is second-to-none.
With all that knowledge and experience under her belt, she can always see the bigger picture - and knows exactly how to make it a reality. (We haven’t yet found a consent, compliance or planning problem that she can’t solve!)Conscientious, determined and curious, Sonja loves collaborating in a team with other professionals, (including surveyors and engineers), and is always happy to share her knowledge.
Loves:
The environment – and exploring it when sailing and tramping!
Applying her knowledge to improve lives of people living in poverty. One of her career highlights was when she was elected to work with the United Nations on an early warning flooding system for Mozambique in collaboration with a cross border international team from Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.Personal Motto:
“Carpe Diem!”
Salil Dhungel
Surveyor,
Christchurch
-
Whether he's scaling peaks or scaling maps, Salil has always been drawn to the land and its endless potential.
With over 8 years’ experience, Salil has worked extensively in cadastral surveys and subdivisions. Today, as a valued Capture surveyor, our clients appreciate his expertise in managing Land Transfer projects from inception to completion - and for doing so with enthusiasm, precision and efficiency at every stage!
Salil loves working with his Capture colleagues, and we love his fresh skills and adaptability. He also enjoys collaborating with engineers, architects, planners, project managers, and lawyers. For Salil it’s this great diversity of talent and projects, plus the many opportunities to be out in the field, that keep his role so exciting and dynamic.
Never one to rest on his laurels, Salil plans to add to his New Zealand Diploma in Civil Engineering and his Bachelor of Surveying, by obtaining his Cadastral license this year.
Loves
Playing football, hiking mountains, and enjoying the outdoors with a cold beer. He has an exceptional sense of direction and (when he finds his way home) enjoys whipping up a BBQ feast. He is also passionate about environmentalism and human rights.
Personal Motto:
“Always better than yesterday.”
Dan Gowan
Engineer/ Surveyor,
Christchurch
-
Dan loves getting stuck into design work. And with his focus nicely honed on the golf course, his plans are always a hole in one!
At Capture, he spends his time designing, supervising, and producing great plans, but is always up for some surveying too. He loves the wide variety of work at Capture and never misses an opportunity for site visits.
Loves:
Playing golf, surfing (though not so much in the winter months). Working on his house renovations.Personal Motto:
“Do it once, do it right.”
Geoff Bacon
Senior Survey Technician,
Christchurch
-
If it involves surveys, Geoff’s your man! With his extensive career, eye for detail and love of learning, he’s perfectly suited to the wide range of survey-related challenges that regularly come his way at Capture.
Passionate, conscientious, and impatient (in the best possible way!), Geoff is a well-seasoned pro. Widely travelled, he spent time working as a Lab Technician in the UK’s Public Health sector, before retraining as a Survey Technician in the 1990’s – and he hasn’t looked back since!
With a survey career spanning nearly 30 years, he has skillfully supported firms from Northland to Canterbury. And now he’s happily sharing his survey skills with Capture clients in Christchurch.
Loves:
Spending time with my family. Scuba diving with my son. Watching F1 with my daughter. Brewing beer. Low n slow BBQing.Personal Motto:
“Work smarter, not harder!”
Nick Saunders
Licensed Cadastral Surveyor,
Christchurch
-
With a handy Drone Flight Certification and a knack for knocking in pegs, Nick knows exactly how to capture every single angle of a project!
A Licensed Cadastral Surveyor, with over 14 years of experience, Nick loves unpacking the puzzle of defining boundaries – and gets a huge sense of satisfaction when a project is completed. And rightly so! Because whether he’s working on the tools in the field, or working out the finer details of a plan in the office – it’s his skills, experience and dedication that help bring our clients’ visions to life.
Nick is known for being easy-going, approachable but always determined to see things done properly! That determination goes beyond the office and onto the hockey pitch, where his umpiring has guided national and international games, including the Hockey 5’s World Cup in Oman.
Loves
Hanging out with his family; golfing, mountain biking, hiking, skiing and, of course, hockey! He’s passionate about the environment; always looking for the best ways to juggle life with a little one - and has his sights set on mastering the perfect flat white!
Personal Motto:
“Don’t count the days, make the days count!”
Noella Bernard
Civil Engineer,
Auckland
-
Noella thrives when she’s working towards something bigger than herself. From pitching in at community events, to pitching perfect solutions to complex civil engineering challenges, she loves rolling up her sleeves and getting things done!
As one of our valued Civil Engineers, Noella supports Capture projects from early design right through to construction. Driven, thoughtful and dependable, she loves being part of a motivated team that shares her commitment to turning great ideas into practical reality.
Before joining Capture, Noella built a firm foundation across engineering design and project support, and developed a well-earned reputation for being focused, adaptable and deeply invested in delivering quality work. Her commitment to well‑planned, affordable development (especially for under‑resourced communities) shapes her approach to every project.
Today, Noella’s progressing toward chartership while continuing to grow her technical and professional capability. She’s just the kind of person you need in the fast‑evolving world of civil engineering! Someone who adjusts quickly to whatever a project throws at her while always keeping the end-goal firmly in mind.
Loves:
Spending time with friends and whānau, and giving back through volunteer work at her church.
Personal Motto:
“Make it happen!”
Jo Hurford
Office Manager,
Christchurch
-
Jo’s a genius at keeping things flowing smoothly. Which is pretty apt, as in her life BC (Before Capture), she worked at every level of the wine trade.
In addition to being our resident wine connoisseur, Jo uses her awesome organisational skills to keep everything at Capture orderly!
Loves:
The outdoors, great food & wine, gardening, travel, hanging out with friends, and spending time with her family.Personal Motto:
“Life’s too short to drink bad wine.”
Matt Crozier
Civil Engineer,
Christchurch
-
Whether on site or in the office, Matt loves working through a good challenge to shape the land into a thriving space.
Following his survey apprenticeship in the UK, Matt kicked off his NZ career in the South Island as a surveyor on rural farm set‑outs and irrigation schemes, before progressing into surveyor & site engineer roles leading greenfield and flood‑zone developments. Delivering practical solutions to engineering challenges and has even been know to pick up the shovel or controls of the digger.
Today, as a Capture Civil Engineer, he specialises in stormwater and recreational spaces, earning our clients’ appreciation for his detail‑driven, conscientious approach - and his knack for viewing challenges from the end‑user’s perspective. A true team player, Matt enjoys collaborating with colleagues and external stakeholders to deliver high‑quality projects that communities will enjoy for years to come.
Loves:
Sailing, geocaching with the kids and exploring the high country. Ski mountaineering has taken him to the Scottish Highlands, Southern Alps and Canada.
Personal motto:
“Know what you know and know what you don’t know.”
Kate Lemon
Marketing Manager,
Christchurch
-
As Capture’s Marketing Manager, Kate’s the one that makes everything we do look great. Or as she puts it “I do all the pretty stuff."
With almost 25 years’ experience, Kate started her career as a Graphic Designer, before specialising as an Account Director for ad agencies from London to Auckland. Fun, outgoing and honest, her marketing skills have helped big brands including Land Rover, Jaguar, ASB and the All Blacks.
Today, she’s thrilled to be working with the best brand of all, Capture! But for Kate, the real cherry on the cake is that her husband (Capture Director, Tom) is also her boss!
Loves:
Her boss, their two beautiful children - and drinking and eating with family and friends.
Personal Motto:
”Assumption is the mother of all stuff ups.”