It’s dubbed Level 1 and is Tokoroa’s new co-working space designed to support emerging local businesses and established companies,
The new workspace, in the town’s Pukenga Rau building on Chambers St is owned and operated by Swift – the South Waikato Investment Fund Trust.
Pūkenga Rau exterior
Chief executive Amanda Hema says the intention is that Level 1 will be more than serviced office space.
“We want Pūkenga Rau Level 1 to build the local business community by encouraging social and professional engagement that will continue to raise the capability and capacity of businesses operating in South Waikato,” she said.
Pūkenga Rau interior
The anchor tenant is early learning provider Central Kids, which won the For Purpose and People’s Choice awards at the Waikato Chamber of Commerce Business Awards last November 2023. Swift picked up the Community Contribution award at the same event.
Central Kids is a South Waikato business operating 52 early learning services around the central North Island.
The launch of Pūkenga Rau Level 1 follows on the heels of the Waikato Chamber of Commerce launching in South Waikato.
Hema said Swift and the chamber were complementary with one focusing on local capability development and the other able to provide regional, national and international connections.
Amanda Hema (left) pictured with Christine Hall, the chief executive of anchor tenant Central Kids.
