Community Hall Hire Auckland
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Community Halls for Hire Auckland
St Helier's Centre - Upper Hall
The Upper Hall is a modern, spacious and flexible venue for your event needs!
Perfect for business events, workshops, birthday parties, music performances and classes
Somervell Presbyterian Church, Remuera
Church with a range of spaces to suit your needs. Kitchen and free parking available
Perfect venue for weddings, concerts and small informal gatherings
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Kete Aronui, Onehunga
A safe and accessible place for arts practitioners to meet, create and rehearse, with mirrors and sprung wooden floors and 24/7 access.
Perfect venue for rehearsal, dance, improv, drama
Lake House Arts, Takapuna
Arts and Heritage Learning Centre in Auckland's North Shore. With an onsite cafe, art gallery and free parking, there are plenty of versatile rooms for hire.
Perfect for yoga, dance, meetings, parties and art classes.
The Community of Saint Luke, Remuera
The Community of Saint Luke is the perfect location for your next event. Situated minutes from Remuera and Newmarket with free parking, hosting your event here could not be more convenient.
Perfect for celebrations, training, meetings, kids groups and activities.
Danish House, Penrose
The Danish House is a welcoming venue with facilities for meetings, dances, and film nights. The multiple rooms cater to event needs, from workshops to large parties.
Perfect room for birthdays, performances, markets, workshops and weddings.
Grey Lynn Community Centre
Pohutukawa & Koru Function Room, Henderson
This large meeting room is ideal for seminars, workshops, and group meetings, with moveable meeting tables. Use of kitchen and WIFI facilities are included in the hire
Perfect room for workshops, meetings, lectures, fundraisers and community groups.
Aaiotanga Community Space, Auckland City
Encounter Church, Avondale
Blockhouse Bay Community Centre
Blockhouse Bay Community Centre have several halls for hire to suit your specific needs. Hire includes use of kitchen facilities, WiFi and tables and chairs.
Perfect for meetings, community events, conferences and weddings.
Remuera Baptist Church
Matawhānui by Te Mātāwai, CBD
ALL GOODS Main Space, Avondale
The main space at ALL GOODS is a great venue with a large open plan, loads of natural light and double doors leading into the community garden. Hire includes access to kitchen and tables and chairs.
Perfect for workshops, community hui, events, performance, rehearsal or parties.
Onepoto Domain Hall, Northcote
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What is a community hall?
Community halls are central hubs in our towns and neighbourhood that enable people to meet, host events and create things together. Having a central place to meet and gather and come together as a community has been a facet of how human’s live since we were hunter gatherers.Although the word community hall conjure’s up images of high ceilings, wooden floors and probably a lot of memories from childhood classes and parties, we define community halls more broadly as:
A meeting space venue for 30+ people that is affordable for use by the community.
Some of the halls for hire that we have on SpacetoCo across the Auckland region are more traditional ‘halls’ but others are accessible, larger meeting rooms that are perfect for meetings, sit down events with enough room for people to move. Our spaces range from heritage buildings, owned by Auckland Council, and ran by passionate community groups, churches, community arts spaces, recreational venues and many other types. We are lucky in New Zealand to have a rich heritage of community halls for hire that have been lovingly kept running by local people, who recognise the importance of these neighbourhood facilities and assets.
Community Hall Hire: Why is it important to have accessible meeting venues locally?
As our cities grow increasingly urban and dense, with high density housing becoming more prevalent across Auckland’s new development, it is more important than ever to have local community halls for hire that are accessible to the people who live locally.
A home away from home
Modern life can leave people feeling isolated. Certain demographics of people spend a lot of their time at home, especially young parents and retirees. It’s important for people to feel like they have a safe space nearby where they can meet other people locally for a chat, to be in a different environment and to meet others in a similar situation to them. Often halls for hire have informal community lounges, gardens and play spaces that serve this purpose.
Community events and programming
Local community events like markets, fun days, film screenings or small concerts provide a opportunity for the whole community to come together, enjoy where they live and provide much needed entertainment and distraction for little ones. Programming classes and special interest groups can enable people to learn new skills, meet new people and also offer opportunities for growth and new sources of income. Our communities are filled with people who can teach, dance, draw who need affordable space to set up workshops and courses. These kind of programmes can be a gateway to helping bridge divisions in communities, building language skills and creating lifelong connections and hobbies.
Counselling and Camaraderie
Community halls are also necessary spaces for people to find recovery and counsel. They are vital spaces for group therapy, healing, coaching and counselling. For example many communities need spaces for Alcoholics Anonymous, group cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling groups, illness and disability support groups, meditation and many more ways we come together for support and healing.
Democracy, Body Corporates, Community Consultation
Community halls are required for many practical purposes - getting the community together for larger meetings, Auckland Council or Local Board Consultations and voting. It is vital that these spaces are accessible and local, as upholding everyone’s right to be heard, involved and have a say means we need to make access to these spaces easy, free and suitable for everyone.
Interested in learning more about community spaces, and the what happens when communities pull together? Check out our article 'The ultimate guide for creating Community Connection within Community Spaces'
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