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Are you looking for fun social activities/meetups in Auckland and want to make new friends? Join and read more!

Hey mates is a social community that connects people over fun, engaging and social activities. Our mission is to Enable connections over Better than good experiences!

We are on a journey to combat the global epidemic of social isolation and loneliness. We aim to create a safe and inclusive space that is open to people of all ages, genders, and races.

Here's the caveat: majority of our activities are Paid. Some are Free.
Pay to attend as little as $5 per event.

You might ask: Other meetups are free - why are you charging money?

Short answer:

  • To support and value our hosts.
  • Enabling Activity Hosting for Free. Meetup charges $180+ per year.
  • Supporting our hosts to provide a Better than Good experience!
  • Development of the platform.

Long answer:

You could do any activity alone or for free via another platform or means but with varied experience. You might find at those events/activities:

  • everyone had their own group
  • was hard getting to know other people or even talk
  • there was no 1-1 conversation or even facilitation to feel safe
  • felt alone even, no one acknowledged or spoke with you
  • the group was so big that you felt lost
  • the overall experience was average or less than good.

We run our activities with a difference:

  • Qualified, kind and trusted host
  • Facilitated and co-ordinated events
  • High confidence, 90% attendee show-up rate.
  • Over 30% of users attend more than twice.
  • Small groups, better outcomes. (max. 15 attendees per event)
  • See Familiar faces and reconnect over repeat activities - build trust and long-term friendships.

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If you're not finding an opportunity or an event/activity you love, host one and open yourself to meeting new people!

Hosting is Free with us - no need to pay $100+ to meetup subscriptions.

If you ask how follow these steps:

If you have come this far? Thank you for reading. <3

Join an activity today and support our mission.

Have fun making new connections and quality friends.

See you out there!

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