Resident Shared Lunch
On the second Thursday of every month we host a shared lunch for our residents. Depending on the season depends what we get (and where we have it!) Winter is often soup and Summer means salads - both options are provided by Pluto Juice Bar. We also get some yummy bread from BreadHead to go with these staples! 

Depending on the season (and more importantly, the weather) we will host lunches in our court years during the dryer warmer months and in our meeting rooms during the cooler wetter months. 

Breakfast Club
On the last Thursday of the month we host Breakfast Club for our residents - this comprises of a coffee from Folk accompanied with a croissant or pastry (also provided by Folk) or vegan muffin from Vitality Kitchen.   

This is for the early ones who arrive in the office between 7:45 - 8:30am, as well as a good opportunity for a kōrero with a fellow resident. 

Celebrating Chinese New Year
A number of our residents are Asian so it seemed fitting to celebrate this event by hiding some chocolate money in red envelopes around the office for our residents to find. Red envelopes with money in them is a traditional gift often exchanged during holidays or special occasions (like new year, weddings, birthdays or graduation) - the colour red is seen as being lucky in Chinese culture. 

Mt Everest Challenge
We invited our residents to join us in this years Mt Everest Challenge, now in its 10th year, this annual challenge sets the goal of going up Mount Maunganui 38 times in 50 days (the equivalent to climbing Mount Everest) You can do this solo or as part of a team. We had 15 Basestation residents, staff, friends, and whānau taking part in this year's Everest Challenge.  After doing some calculations we worked out that between us all we climbed up Mauao 237 times! This immense effort is to raise funds for three local surf lifesaving clubs in the Bay of Plenty. Shout out to: Steven, Craig, Jesse, Soraya, Elliot, Mujtaba, Elaine, Erin, Peter, Bex, Michael, James, Chris, David, and Luciana for their contribution.
Together the team were able to raise $670 in sponsorship through our Give a Little Page. This was also a very enjoyable way for our residents to get to know each other better  - all for a good cause! 

International Women's Day
As well as a morning tea for all the women of Basestation - giving us all a good excuse to connect over cupcakes and a glass of bucks fizz (or O.J) we also published three blogs about enterprising wāhine at Basestation. These featured Jackie Messam from Rippled Ed, Pascale Hyboud-Peron from Stand Tall and Bryar Stewart from Powered by Impact. 

Hot cross buns and Easter eggs
The easter holidays wouldn't be right without some yummy hot cross buns to share in the office before the extended statutory leave! Steven Vincent (one of Basestation's founders) handed out toasted hot cross buns to our residents - sharing the Easter cheer! 

When we all returned from our mini break there was a little collection of chocolate Easter eggs left on everyone's desk. 

ANZAC cookies
As well as selling poppies and asking for donations to the local RSA we also provided a ANZAC cookie for residents who were in the office the day before ANZAC day to go with their mid-morning cuppa! 

Quiz Night
A first for Basestation, last May we hosted a quiz night for residents - we provided kai (in the form of pizzas and ice creams) and long with a range of soft drinks! Teams of 6 (or smaller) had a 10 rounds to get through including art and literature, a Basestation round, Pop music, TV & Film and (or course) a geek round (to name a few!) - it was good fun - but there can only be ONE winning team! 

Matariki Cupcakes 
Any excuse to share some star decorated cup cakes with our residents!

Matariki marks the Māori New Year - signified by the Matariki cluster of stars reappearing in the night sky. It is a time to reflect on the past year, celebrate the present and plan for the year ahead. 

Coffee Chats 
This is a new initiative we've kicked off this year. Using the Mattermost, the online and Open Source chat tool which we invite all our residents to join, we have a Coffeebot set up. This means anyone who's joined the Coffee Chat group will be paired up once a month with someone else wo's also signed up. To encourage our residents to sign up and enjoy a kōrero with another resident we've pay for a coffee from Folk for them to enjoy during their monthly coffee chat.