FAQ

The (new) Business Hive’s offers communal workspaces, formal and informal meeting areas, focus-enhancing independent workstations, shared and private offices and event spaces all for short or long term hire.

As businesses reduce their overheads and people must work from home (exacerbated by Covid-19), working in a coworking space can offer structure to your day, aids you in breaking out of your comfort zone and connecting and collaborating with others, and helps create a better work-life balance.

You'll find us at 120 Thames Street, Oamaru 9400 (check out the Contact Us page for a handy map).

The Business Hive can offer you a space that fits your needs. Whether it's a desk for an hour, a meeting room for an afternoon or a permanent office, coworking means sharing overheads and keeping costs down.

Simply put, coworking means sharing business premises - professional space to work as well as community for otherwise isolated workers.

We use software from OfficeRnD to manage our coworking space.

Whether you join as a member or simply want to hire a space, our portal will ask for your details and create a unique login for you.

Now that you have an account in our system, you have full control over your details, bookings and invoices, 24/7.

You can change your profile information, membership options, book space, buy passes and see what’s happening (events and training) at The Business Hive, whenever you log in. Too easy.

Please note, members’ invoices are issued on a monthly basis. Non-members’ bookings are invoiced at time of purchase.

There’s a few options for parking:

• You can park one block over in the Eden Street carpark which will cost you just $4/day. Pop through Badger & Mackerel for some delicious food and great coffee - and we’re just across the road from there.

• There are several Pay & Display parks out the front of our building with the first 2 hours free and $1.10/hour thereafter - Mon-Fri 10am-5:30pm.

• We have a few car parking spaces at the back of our building, some for short terms stays and others available for long-term hire, (subject to availability). Please don’t park in ‘specified’ parking spaces unless you are the person specified (you’ll know if you are). You can park in any empty private car park so long as you are in our building.

Yes, we have a printer on site.

The cost for an A4 print is:

• $0.20/page for black & white

• $1.00/page for colour

The cost for an A3 print is:

• $0.30/page for black & white

• $1.90/page for colour