TE HAUMIHI | FOYER
Capacity: Up to 400 (please talk to the Sir Howard Morrison Centre Team about your individual needs)
Dimensions: 18x24m
Suitable for: Pre-show mingling, exhibitions, banquets, fashion shows, cocktail events and formal openings. The spacious foyer offers a warm welcoming area, 11m high ceilings and is awash with natural light, perfect for exhibitions, performances and plenary breaks.
Hire rates available upon request.
SIR OWEN GLENN THEATRE | MATANGI RAU
Capacity: 950+
Dimensions: Stage dimensions - 11x18m (12m wide proscenium)
Suitable for: Theatre, dance performances, music, large scale productions, comedy shows, awards presentations, talks and seminars. The Sir Owen Glenn Theatre is an outstanding regional theatre offering modern tiered seating, high quality lighting and audio technology and adjustable stage to highlight a wide range of performances. The redevelopment has reinstated the Civic Theatre with 950+ seats. Theatre services, acoustics and HVAC have been upgraded to the level expected of a contemporary theatre. A small-scale orchestra pit has been designed to accommodate showbands and small orchestras to accompany stage performances. The pit can be raised to floor level to provide additional seating when an orchestra is not needed, or can be raised up to stage level to create a thrust.
Hire rates available upon request.
TE HAUMAKO | BLACK BOX THEATRE
Capacity: Up to 300 (please talk to the Sir Howard Morrison Centre Team about your individual needs)
12x22m
Suitable for: Theatre, dance, music, workshops, talks and seminars. The former Concert Chamber is transformed into a flexible theatre space with a semi-sprung floor, perfect for performances on an intimate scale and enabling maximum creative innovation. New infrastructure, a comprehensive package of theatre services and new acoustic treatments will ensure it can be set up in a range of formats, from the traditional stage-end for up to 300 people, to smaller more intimate in-the-round, short traverse and thrust stage shows. Theatre grade, retractable seating and mobile seating blocks ensures the space is able to accommodate a wide range of music, theatre and dance performances in a range of seating layouts.
Hire rates available upon request.
TE WHAKARURUHAU | BANQUET ROOM
Capacity: Up to 350 (please talk to the Sir Howard Morrison Centre Team about your individual needs)
Dimensions: Rough semicircle – 16.5m (deepest point) 31m (widest point)
Suitable for: Banquets, conferences, exhibitions, cabaret, cocktail events and formal openings. The Banquet Room is ideal for a wide variety of business and corporate events. With its unique architectural design it provides an elegant setting and plenty of space for a banquet dinner. This space is ideal for cabaret-style entertainment
Hire rates available upon request.
KAPUA NUI & KAPUA ROA | STUDIO 1 & STUDIO 2
Capacity: Up to 20 per studio (please talk to the Sir Howard Morrison Centre Team about your individual needs)
Dimensions: 6x6m
Suitable for: Rehearsal studios, workshop/hui space, classrooms and boardrooms. Kapua Nui & Kapua roa are located on the upper level of the Sir Howard Morrison Centre, these private workspaces are ideal for meetings, presentations and workshops. Both studios contain access to bathrooms and kitchen facilities.
Hire rates available upon request.
MATATEA | LARGE STUDIO
Capacity: approx 100 (please talk to the Sir Howard Morrison Centre Team about your individual needs)
Dimensions: 6x12m
Suitable for: Meetings, rehearsals, classrooms, workshops .Evening and long term rates available upon request. Matatea is a large studio space located on the upper level of the Sir Howard Morrison Centre. This workspace is ideal for large meetings, presentations and workshops. This area also has the option to be partitioned off or opened up and combined with the mezzanine space to provide a large open hosting space for special events, product launches and pre-show cocktail functions including access to mobile bar facilities. Access to bathrooms and kitchen facilities are available. Access to bathrooms and kitchen facilities are available.
Hire rates available upon request.
TE PAPA HUAREWA | MEZZANINE
Capacity: 100 (please talk to the Sir Howard Morrison Centre Team about your individual needs)
Dimensions: 6x12m
Suitable for: Small functions. Te Papa Huarewa is located on the second floor of the Sir Howard Morrison Centre and overlooks the main foyer. This area has access to bathrooms and kitchen facilities.
Hire rates available upon request.
