Basestation awakes early on a weekday.

The first bit of action it sees is at 6:30am when Folk, the café in our reception, opens. For those early risers who work in the surrounding offices, grabbing a flat white and croissant is a great way to start the day.

With STEMFest just around the corner (the 28th September to be more precise!) — we thought this would be a great opportunity to take a closer look at STEM Wana, the charitable organisation behind STEMFest, and also a resident here at Basestation.

One of the recipients of Basestation’s recent FREE OFFICE SPACE for Community Heroes is the small but mighty team at Spectrum Connections Charitable Trust. Since moving in at the end of July, co-founders Mary-Jane Du Toit and Rachel Crump have quickly become familiar faces within the Basestation community.

It wasn’t until I sat down with Mary-Jane (better known as MJ), and heard her personal story of what inspired Spectrum Connection, that I truly grasped the passion and impact driving the mahi they do.

Are you new to Tauranga? Between 2013 and 2023, the population of Tauranga grew by 32.73%!

Moving to any new location is always a challenge, especially if you don’t have a large office with an established group of colleagues to go to during your working hours. Often it’s through work we forge our first friendships and start to cultivate social engagements. 

We would love to introduce you to Ben Thomson, who works for Lumen. Ben’s been with Basestation for a while now, so we thought it was high time we did a Resident Shout Out with him! 

As school holidays have just kicked off, we thought now would be a good time to sit down with one of our parents and resident of Basestation, to talk to them about how they judge their childcare and parenting alongside a professional career. 

Meet Jasmine Morgan, Senior Account Manager at MOCA. Jasmine has two young children, Lucy, 3 (soon to be 4) and Oliver, 1 (soon to be 2). 

As it’s the start of Techweek this week; Aotearoa’s festival for tech that’s good for the world - we thought it would be a good excuse to catch up with some of our residents in the technology sector at Basestation. One of the longest standing companies here is TechnologyWise, we sat down to kōrero with Randal Hyde, one of the technologists on the team.  

As part of Basestation’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) we sponsor or offer in-kind support to initiatives, events or groups that align with our kaupapa. One of the groups we sponsor on a regular basis is Tauranga Repair Café organised by Tinkd Makerspace. 

Repair Cafés are a global movement that looks to fix domestic items so that they can be saved from being thrown into landfill. 

Workplace wellbeing can cover a whole raft of issues, from mental health, physical health, a sense of belonging, eating well, and everything in between. 

The definition of “wellbeing is the experience of health, happiness and prosperity.” Good health and wellbeing is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development goals, so it must be important - right?

It’s estimated we spend one third of our life at work - therefore it makes sense that workplace wellbeing should be high up there on the priority list! The World Health Organization (WHO) actively promotes healthy, safe and resilient workplaces for all.

At Basestation we have two fully equipped modern kitchens - this means that if you’re a resident, working at a hot desk, or using one of our meeting rooms you can BYO food in.

That being said - every now and again our residents like to venture out and sample some locally prepared kai (food) from the local cafes, restaurants and eateries.