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We all know the struggles of student life – pulling an all-nighter to submit an assignment at the last-minute and living on two-minute noodles because you spent all your money going out on the weekend. Balancing tertiary study with “real life” responsibilities can be a challenge, particularly financially. Student allowances, student loans, part-time jobs all […]

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 […]