Owl Investigations

Director, Kate Wallingford has established ‘Owl Investigations’ in Gisborne, offering investigative services to clients locally, nationally and internationally.

Kate is an experienced investigator with an established history of working in the commercial, private and criminal sectors. She offers a comprehensive range of skills to her clients and has the experience and capabilities to work with organisations and individuals on a covert and/or overt basis to achieve greater results for all.

Kate is a certified Private Investigator. For more information, please contact Kate directly.

Owl Investigations provides a full range of services across investigation, security, prevention and recovery, whether it be; corporate fraud, internal investigations, civil investigations, criminal investigations, law firm support services, criminal defence support services, security and surveillance, missing persons, desktop tracing and document service.

Internal investigations endorsements

"Gisborne District Council has had the pleasure of working with Owl Investigations on several projects, and we are thoroughly impressed with the quality of their services. Owl Investigations has demonstrated a high level of professionalism, precision, and commitment to delivering insightful results on time.

Their expertise across a range of investigative situations has significantly contributed to our efforts to ensure safety and wellbeing. Owl Investigations is not only skilled and knowledgeable but also friendly and dedicated to upholding strict confidentiality and discretion in their work.

We appreciate our continued partnership with Owl Investigations and have great confidence in their ability to deliver effective investigative services."

Director of Internal Partnerships & Protection

Gisborne District Council

“Kate is extremely professional to work with. Her line of questioning is on point within the Terms of Reference and her reports are clear and well-constructed.”

Libby Brown

Employment Lawyer | Brown & Bates

Owl Investigation's clients

Client feedback

Thanks Kate super helpful as always.

Thank you, Kate! Awesome work, like always!

What a beautiful report, really appreciate the effort put into your reports - thank you :)

Again, thank you so much for conducting such a thorough and comprehensive investigation.

Great job, very comprehensive and thorough.

You’ve done a fantastic job thank you.

Thank you for your work. I can confirm I have read it all and as always, your work is excellent - thorough and detailed. I’m particularly grateful of you carrying this out at such short notice for us.

Thanks for your hard work on this Kate

Awesome Kate, thank you very much!

Thanks for your help yet again

Thanks Kate, we appreciated your support and report in a tricky situation.

Thank you for all your help and we would be happy to call you again if we need your professional services and Highly recommend you to others.

Thank you, yes we are mid-process with next steps and your report has been fantastic thank you.

Thank you again Kate, you have been a treasure.

Thank you for everything you have done – you are a star (as always).

Your report was awesome - super quick and comprehensive. You are very good at what you do, thank you.

“Awesome work once again, thank you 😊 “

Thanks Kate. I look forward to engaging your services in the future and I will certainly be recommending them to other Counsel

Fantastic report. Thanks Kate

Thanks Kate, your help has been invaluable. I look forward to working with you again.

Thanks Kate, And thank you for all the amazing, thoughtful and thorough work you have done on all my files. It made all the difference.

Your report was very helpful. It enabled us to give the Judge more precise information as to distance and sightings for the earlier driving than was available from the Police evidence.

I don’t know how we survived all these years without you

You have knocked the opposition out of the park.

You are bloody brave! Wandering around Kaiti banging on doors…a great effort thank you.

We found Kate to be very professional in dealing with what was a sensitive situation. With very limited information available, and with much of it completely wrong, she quickly found the person and facilitated a meeting, which without her there to guide would have been considerably more awkward than it was. Kate went above and beyond expectations and her help was very much appreciated