We're committed to maintaining a vibrant, safe and welcoming space for our community to use. Te Newhanga Kāpiti Community Centre is ideal for community groups/meetings, seminars, business meetings, exercise classes, hobby classes, and more.
The Community Centre is closed for the Christmas break. We are not new taking meeting room bookings for 2021 at this stage as our available meeting space is currently being used by the Kapiti Community Foodbank. An update on the Community Centre will be provided in early January 2021.
Hours | What's available | History | Bookings and charges | Meeting rooms
Hours
Reception: Monday to Friday, 8.30am–5pm
Centre access for events and/or programmes: 6am–12 midnight
Location
15 Ngahina Street, Paraparaumu
What's available
- Free wifi
- Nine meeting rooms
- Projector
- Tables and chairs
- Whiteboards (including one portable)
- Kitchenette facilities
- Toilets
- Four-hour parking
Disability access
- Wheelchair accessible
- Disability toilet
- Assistance dog-friendly
- Mobility parking
History
The Kāpiti Community Centre was located over the railway lines in Paraparaumu for many years. In the 1990s a Community Trust was established to raise funds for a new centre, to be located on Ngahina Street. The Deputy Mayor of the time, Murray Jensen, was instrumental in this process and in 1996 the building was completed. Later, the building was gifted to Council and run by an independent community organisation. In 2011, the local hapu, Te Uri o te Ngarara, gifted a tipuna name to the Centre, Te Newhanga. This was significant in acknowledging the connection to local hapu and iwi, while recognising the importance of the centre to community.
In 2018, Council became the kaitiaki of the centre.
Bookings and charges
To make a booking, contact Te Newhanga Kāpiti Community Centre:
Phone: (04) 902 3240
Email: [email protected]
Booking options
Standard
Standard bookings include room hire and free Wifi. You are also welcome to use the kitchen, however you will need to provide your own consumables and tidy up both the kitchen and your room after use.
Community rate
You may qualify for a subsidised rate if you are a local community group.
Questions and special requests
If you have a question or special request, contact one of our friendly team members on (04) 902 3240 or email [email protected].
Note:
- All of our rooms have a set number of chairs/tables allocated to them; if you require extra chairs/tables for your booking, advise centre staff, who will be able to assist your request
- When making your booking, please discuss your event requirements with centre staff, as room capacity will be at their discretion to allow for the comfort and safety of users. The agreed maximum capacity for each room must not be exceeded at any time and it is the hirer's responsibility to understand this capacity and ensure it is not exceeded.
Meeting rooms
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Pōhutukawa Hall
$35 per hour (standard rate)
- 130 standing
- 80 theatre
- 32 classroom
The Pōhutukawa Hall is one of the largest rooms at the centre, with a 160m2 floor space and high vaulted ceiling with a service hatch access through to the large fully equipped kitchen.
Facilities include:
- flip tables x 8
- chairs x 50
- projector screen
- piano
- lecturn x 1.
The hall is suitable for a range of events including conferences, large meetings, workshops and exhibitions.
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Kōwhai Room
$20 per hour (standard rate)
- 50 standing
- 36 theatre
- 18 classroom
The Kōwhai Room is a spacious 50m2, with french doors opening out to a fenced garden area with a service hatch access through to the main kitchen.
Facilities include;
- projector screen
- trestle tables x 6
- chairs x 25.
The room is ideal for classes, meetings, works shops and small events.
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Murray Jensen Room
$15 per hour (standard rate)
Facilities include:
- whiteboard
- kitchenette
- chairs x 12
- flip tables x 3.
The Murray Jensen room is 26m2, and comes equipped with a whiteboard, and tea- and coffee-making facilities.
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Rātā Room
$15 per hour (standard rate)
Facilities include:
- whiteboard
- chairs x 12
- flip tables x 3.
The Rātā Room is ideal for meetings, presentations, and small workshops.
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Mānuka Room
$15 per hour (standard rate)
10 classroom
Facilities include:
- whiteboard
- kitchenette
- chairs x 10
- flip tables x 3.
The Mānuka Room is light and airy with vaulted windows and comes equipped with flip tables, chairs, whiteboard, and tea- and coffee-making facilities.
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Kauri Room
$15 per hour (standard rate)
10 classroom
The Kauri Room is ideal for meetings and smaller workshops.
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Nīkau Room
$15 per hour (standard rate)
6 meeting room style
The Nikau meeting room is one of the smalles rooms which is ideal for smaller group meetings.
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Koru Room
$10 per hour
2–3 meeting room style
The Koru Room is the smallest room in the centre, and is suitable for one-on-one meetings.
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Totara Room
$20 per hour (standard rate)
- 60 standing
- 50 theatre
- 24 classroom
Facilities include:
- chairs x 22
- flip tables x 6.
The Totara Room is a large spacious area, and is equipped with a heat pump, trestle tables, chairs. The Totara Room is a versatile space and suitable for various classes, or workshops.
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Foyer/reception area
Note if you wish to use this area during your booking period, you will need to discuss this with centre staff, as it is a communal area.
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Kitchen
The large kitchen is fully equipped; including two ovens, a microwave, commerical steriliser, two fridges, continuous boiling water, dinner sets, cutlery, carafes, glasses, mugs, cups and sauces.
The kitchen opens out onto the Pōhutukawa Hall and Kōwhai Room via serving hutches.
Note you will need to bring your own consumables (tea, coffee, milk, sugar etc and tea towels).
All we ask is that you clean up after yourself – wash, sterilise and put away your dishes/equipment, wipe down benches and remove any excess rubbish and recycling bottles, etc.
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