Te Puni Kōkiri is helping create an Assets Management Unit for Ngāti Tüwharetoa, which will focus on natural resource and environmental management. The aim of the Assets Management Unit is to co-ordinate and bring consistency to environmental and development issues.

The initial objective of the Unit is to establish an inventory of collective tribal assets and interests, including lands, waterways, minerals, geothermal resources, forests, other natural resources and the environment.