CoastLab

Warm and light-filled on a winter’s day, CoastLab – a shared office space in Ōrewa – is an inviting place to set up your laptop and get some work done.

Suia Westbrook took over on Christmas Day, keen to build on her experience running events in a large co-working space in Berlin. Suia also has a talent for bringing people together, and organisational skills to make CoastLab hum along.

A variety of different spaces and many ways to use them makes co-working the ultimate in flexibility.

You can have a permanent or part time desk, or use a hot desk, changing it up as you need to work around other commitments or family life. Rent a meeting room for a presentation or workshop – or try ‘the zoom room’, a small private place.

People of all ages, in all kinds of businesses, enjoy this way of working including Real Estate agents, start-ups, charities, website and software developers, IT professionals and creatives. Your computer is all you need – everything else is provided, including Wifi, and a kitchenette.

Suia says people sharing the space means collaboration happens naturally.

Her interest in creating a space especially for women also led to Suia setting up a networking group called Force Femme.

“We make it fun, and there is always a great energy in the room, and a positive vibe,” she says.

Suia lived in Ōrewa as a teenager and says more people are moving to the outskirts of Auckland, including many in tech jobs and young families.

“Flexible ways of working are key and the need for that is only going to grow.”

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