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Keeping your family healthy starts to become top of mind now that we’re officially in autumn, and heading into winter. Ensuring your portable cabin is kept warm and dry in New Zealand’s colder months is central to that idea – a RoomMate Cabin is a much nicer space to be in when it’s cosy! Essentially […]

We can all remember how it felt to be a teenager – not quite an adult but desiring the independence that comes with being a ‘grown up’. If you currently have a teen living in your home, you might be experiencing this from the other side, as the parent. An important part of growing up […]

Many of us are spending more time at home these days. We have seen a dramatic shift over the past year and more people than ever have discovered that our rental cabins can be utilised in a multitude of ways. Many New Zealand families are now finding themselves looking for the versatility that renting portable […]

In late 2020 the New Zealand Government announced it will allow 2,000 horticultural workers from the Pacific, under the Registered Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme, to enter New Zealand in the first significant opening of the border to foreign workers since the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Workers from various Pacific Island nations are allowed into the country […]

Who’d have thought how much our view of work-life balance would change, following a single announcement from the New Zealand Government? A RoomMate Cabin as your work-from-home solution When New Zealand ground to a halt in March 2020, RoomMate Cabins’ Auckland franchisee and Coastguard New Zealand Head of Marketing & Communications, Georgie Smith, saw an […]

With multigenerational living on the rise and our population growing at a rapid rate, combined with Kiwis returning home since COVID-19 struck our homes often aren’t set up to accommodate an increased number of people. Sleepouts are an attractive option, and many have welcomed a change to building rules intended to relieve some pressure on […]