Our Services
Ngā Mahi o Pupuke
Specialist property and investment expertise — filling capability and capacity gaps to help Māori organisations achieve their economic aspirations.
Property Investment & Acquisition
End-to-end management of property acquisitions and transactions. We handle everything from initial scoping to settlement — so you can focus on your community.
- Prioritisation, property ranking, initial scoping and value estimates
- Financial feasibility modelling, SWOT analysis, and business case authoring
- Deed of Settlement property redress (DSPs, RFRs), private acquisitions and open market opportunities
- Coordination of 3rd party advice — due diligence, valuations, legal and financial
- Structuring and capital sourcing for complex transactions
- Post-acquisition management and asset transition
Partnership & Deal Brokering
With a strong track record of add-value solutions, we source, negotiate and execute deals that create meaningful outcomes for Māori entities and their commercial partners.
- Deal sourcing, negotiation and execution
- Development partnerships and joint ventures
- Tenant sourcing and lease negotiations
- Lease and development agreements
- Ground lease structuring and rent reviews for increased yield
- Bridging Māori entities with value-aligned commercial counterparties
Property Portfolio Consultancy
A virtual General Manager of Property function — drawing on specialist expertise from holding a similar role for an Iwi PSGE, with deep understanding of Iwi and Māori investment drivers.
- Formulation of property portfolio targets and investment strategy
- SIPO development, property investment framework and asset allocation
- Expert advice on valuations, market trends and economic impacts
- Risk assessment and mitigation strategies to de-risk investments
- Performance benchmarking and financial performance enhancement
- Ongoing strategic advisory and portfolio review
Property Development
Through strategic partnerships with value-aligned experts, Pupuke can facilitate end-to-end development — ensuring both commercial deliverables and client-desired outcomes are met.
- Financial modelling, feasibility studies, and structuring to assess project viability
- Client-side representation ensuring commercial and cultural deliverables are met
- Social procurement policy, taiao measures, tikanga upheld, and cultural narratives highlighted
- Tenant or deal sourcing to secure development — particularly commercial and industrial sites
- Negotiation through to binding documentation
- Capital allocation optimisation across development projects
Finance & Funding
Access to a wide network of financial institutions and investors to secure competitive financing or partnership options — including Crown funding applications for development and Māori housing solutions.
- Access to financial institutions and investors for competitive financing
- Crown funding applications — TPK, MHUD, Kāinga Ora and other agencies
- Development finance structuring and capital sourcing
- Māori housing solutions and papakāinga funding pathways
- Partnership and co-investment structuring
- Financial advisory for complex multi-party transactions
Every engagement is tailored to you.
No two Iwi or Hapū are the same. We work collaboratively to scope the right combination of services, at the right pace, to achieve the outcomes your community needs. Whether you need a single feasibility assessment or end-to-end strategic advisory, we shape our work around your kaupapa.