CFG Heritage

What CFG Heritage does

CFG Heritage Ltd is a privately held archaeological and heritage consulting firm founded in 2005 and headquartered at 132 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand. The firm operates with a team of approximately 12 staff, including 8-9 qualified archaeologists, and delivers a fully integrated service line spanning archaeological assessments, mitigation investigations (excavation), conservation management plans, post-excavation analyses, research, field excavation report preparation, and XRF material characterisation. Work is delivered under the statutory frameworks of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 and the Resource Management Act 1991, with multiple team members holding HNZPT Section 45 approved archaeologist status.

The firm serves government agencies (Heritage New Zealand, Auckland Council, NZ Transport Agency, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development), territorial local authorities, forestry operators, planning consultancies, property developers, and private clients across New Zealand, with regular operating coverage across Auckland, Northland, Waikato, Thames/Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, and the Lower North Island. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees under multi-year contracts and competitive tendering, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Underlying technical capabilities include XRF analysis for artefact characterisation, GIS and water-flow computer modelling, photogrammetry, robotic total station survey, and specialist faunal (fishbone) and stone artefact analysis. Founding director Dr. Matthew Campbell holds a PhD in Archaeology (University of Sydney), remains a Research Fellow at the University of Auckland, and is a former President of the New Zealand Archaeological Association.

The firm's competitive position rests on the depth and specialisation of its archaeological talent rather than on technology, scale, or capital. Go-to-market is sales-led and reputation-driven, supported by an active website with a regional reports library, and the firm relies on referrals, professional networks, and tendering for new mandates. CFG Heritage holds no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, no recorded acquisitions, and no partnerships, reflecting its status as an independent boutique consultancy.

Name

CFG Heritage

Legal name

CFG Heritage Ltd

Website

https://cfgheritage.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CFG Heritage is an Auckland-based archaeological consulting firm founded in 2005 that delivers heritage assessments, excavations, conservation plans, and specialist analyses for government agencies, councils, developers, and private clients across New Zealand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Archaeological Consulting Services

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Historic Preservation & Conservation Planning (BPAHAKAH)

Keywords

• Archaeological consulting
• Heritage assessments
• Archaeological investigations
• Heritage management
• Cultural heritage compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Archaeological Consulting Services: Professional archaeological consulting services including assessments, investigations, excavations, and research for development projects. Revenue is generated through project-based consulting fees for compliance with Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 and Resource Management Act 1991.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

CFG Heritage provides professional archaeological consulting services including site assessments, mitigation excavations, conservation management plans, post-excavation analyses, research, field excavation report preparation, and specialist XRF material analysis. The firm delivers heritage compliance services under the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taongo Act 2014 and Resource Management Act 1991 to government agencies, local authorities, developers, and private clients throughout New Zealand.

Product overview

CFG Heritage is an archaeology and heritage consulting firm offering a unified suite of services centered on archaeological assessment, investigation, and research. The core portfolio spans Archaeological Assessments and Archaeological Mitigation Investigation as primary service lines, complemented by Conservation Management Plans, Post Excavation Analyses, Research, Volunteer & Community Work, and Field Excavation Report Preparation. A specialist offering includes XRF Analysis for material characterisation. These services work together to guide clients through the complete heritage compliance process—from initial site assessment through regulatory consultation, excavation, analysis, and reporting—serving government agencies, local authorities, developers, and private clients throughout New Zealand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Archaeological Assessments

Quantifiable outcome

• Archaeological compliance for development projects meeting HNZPT Act 2014 and RMA 1991 requirements

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM New Zealand: Global infrastructure consultancy with NZ heritage and archaeology practitioners embedded in large transport, water, and urban regeneration projects. Competes on scale and integrated delivery rather than specialist depth.
• Jacobs New Zealand: Multinational professional services firm with NZ heritage and environmental teams that compete on major government and infrastructure tenders. Comparable client overlap, less specialist archaeological focus.
• Boffa Miskell: New Zealand environmental and landscape planning consultancy with cultural heritage assessment capability that competes for broader planning and environmental consents work. Larger firm offering adjacent rather than core specialist archaeological services.
• Opus International Consultants (now part of WSP): Large multinational engineering consultancy with a heritage and archaeology practice in New Zealand that competes on multi-disciplinary infrastructure tenders. Broader incumbent with deeper resources but less specialist focus than CFG Heritage.

Direct peers

• Clough & Associates: New Zealand archaeological and heritage consulting firm offering comparable services including archaeological assessments, mitigation, and heritage management across the North Island. Closest direct competitor with similar service breadth and government client base.
• Origin Environmental and Archaeology: New Zealand firm offering combined environmental and archaeological consulting services to developers and councils. Comparable in scale and target market, with similar North Island focus.
• Hearst Consultants: New Zealand archaeology and heritage consultancy based in the Bay of Plenty/upper North Island with overlapping service offerings including assessments and mitigation. Direct regional competitor.

Others

• Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga: Crown entity responsible for heritage protection in New Zealand that administers the HNZPT Act 2014 under which CFG Heritage operates. Not a competitor but the regulatory gatekeeper whose processes shape the firm's addressable market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cfg-heritage

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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