At Basestation, we are always keen to share with the wider community who's coworking with us. This month we caught up with the Downtown Tauranga team! 

On Wednesday 6th November 2024 Basestation hosted a very special birthday party to celebrate 10 years of coworking in Tauranga.

Basestation is thrilled to announce its 10th birthday, marking a decade of providing a vibrant, collaborative workspace for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small businesses in Tauranga. Read below for a chance to win free office space for your business worth $10k!

To begin with, working from home seemed like an amazing opportunity with many positives!

Friday 9th August was International Coworking Day, celebrating the impact of the coworking movement! Being a coworking space - it’s pretty special! To celebrate we gave mini tours of our space AND FREE COFFEE from Folk Coffee Roasters. 

1st August is World Wide Web Day, the day is observed to commemorate the World Wide Web (www) and its impact on the world. As one of our meeting rooms is named after Sir Tim Berners-Lee (the founder of the web), it felt fitting that we should honor the day with a blog about him and the massive impact the creation of the World Wide Web has had!

The 5th September is International Day of Charities!

We thought this would be a great excuse to share a bit about one of the charities at Basestation - Stand Tall. Founded by Pascale Hyboud-Peron (also one of the co-founders of Basestation) - Stand Tall works alongside rangatahi to grow and develop their entrepreneur skills and mindset. One of the many programmes Stand Tall delivers in the Bay of Plenty is, the Young Enterprise Scheme (YES). 

Monday 16th September marks the start of National Coding Week. Now in its 11th year, this week sets out to inspire individuals of all ages to learn and embrace coding skills.

To end Māori language week, we wanted to share a blog which captures a kōrero we had with three people who have connections with Basestation. We wanted a variety of perspectives, lived experiences and their relationship to Aoteraoa and Te Reo Māori. We spoke to Manaia, Erin, and Pascale.

On November 6, Basestation marks a decade since its founding – ten years of providing a collaborative home for innovators, entrepreneurs, and remote workers in Tauranga. To celebrate, we sat down with two of the original founders, Steven Vincent and Pascale Hyboud-Peron, to revisit the journey that turned an office with too much space into a pioneering coworking community. The story of Basestation is one of creativity, resourcefulness, and a shared vision for an entrepreneurial community, so we’re sharing it in two parts. Here’s how it all began.

In our last post, we shared how Basestation came to life, transforming from an oversized office into a collaborative home for Tauranga’s creatives and entrepreneurs. Today, as Basestation celebrates its 10th anniversary, we look back at the journey since opening day. From quirky tech artifacts to local art, a beloved coffee shop, and spaces for makers, Basestation has evolved into a bustling community that continues to shape Tauranga’s CBD.

 Coworking is more than just a desk and some WiFi. At Basestation, there are a broad range of added bonuses, perks and reasons why you should try coworking with us.

We’d love to introduce you to the lovely James and Ayla who are part of the Tauranga Marshall Day Acoustics team here at Basestation. We sat down with them both to find out more about them…

Each year we invite our residents to join us for the annual Basestation Christmas Party, traditionally this is a potluck dinner and we supply the drinks. 

Meet Craig Williams, the newest member of the Basestation team. Craig has been part of our coworking community for many years and is very familiar with all the challenges of starting a business and the benefits of coworking. So, it was logical that when our esteemed leader decided to go for his “long walk” that Craig was the first choice to help cover and be Steven 2.0.

We sat down with Craig to find out more about him…