Building Responsibly and Sharing Stories

Welcome to my corner of the construction world, where corporate experience meets community vision. Here you'll find insights from my journey across continents - from New Zealand's dairy industry to Malaysian markets and Arabian sands - all leading to thoughtful property development in New Zealand. Where experience meets opportunity, and where responsible development creates lasting communities.

Recent Blogs

There is a Lot Wrong with Vector

A Post columnist asked this morning whether it is time to tackle the "cushiest pork barrel" in New Zealand politics:…

Who is SANZ? We check the numbers

A number that does not look right sends us back to the source document every time. That is what SANZ…

I Built Three Construction Tools with AI that run without AI

I have been writing about this for two years. I started in chat mode, using AI to check earthworks calculations…

About Kirsty Merriman

For years I would plan houses, travel widely and observe communities. I also had the privilege of working for New Zealand’s largest dairy company in both New Zealand and Malaysia. All the while supported by my husband and young daughter. After a while, our roles swapped and we moved to the Arabian Gulf. Meanwhile my passion for property and communities continued to simmer.

Along came COVID and had no choice but to pivot… in the words of Robert Frost, I looked for and “found the road less travelled by” and decided that maybe I could “make [a] the difference”.