Venue Hire
The Mt Eden Village Centre is a renovated historic building. We have 6 rooms for hire: Church, Hall, Lounge, Meeting Room, Foyer and Kitchen.
Our range of rooms means we can cater for a wide range of customers, from businesses, public sector, not for profit groups, private individuals, community groups and organisations, to social bookings. A description of the rooms and information about room capacities and hire rates are listed below. Hire rates have different price structures and are listed in hourly and daily rates. Please check Booking Information for further details.
There are two Mobility car parking spaces outside our main entrance on Ngauruhoe Street. The Ramp to the main entrance is next to the car parks. One of our easy to access toilets is in the main Foyer and one is by the north external doors of the Hall.
Price Structure
As we cater for a wide range of business and community clients, different room rates apply depending on the nature of the group or organisation, and the event. All rates listed on the website include GST.
L1 – Commercial or Private
These rates apply when an individual may be expected to gain a pecuniary advantage from the use of the facility; or when the use of the facility does not provide benefits to the wider community, for instance: weddings, birthday celebrations, engagement parties, hens’ nights and baby showers.
L2 – Charitable Purposes
Where no individual gains a pecuniary advantage we offer a discounted rate, discounts may also apply to confirmed ongoing commercial bookings. Please enquire with the centre manager.
Daily rates
Our reduced daily rate is for a maximum booking time of 9 hours, any additional time will be charged at our hourly rate. Any additional time in the venue spent either setting up or packing up is chargeable.
Rooms for hire
The Church
Maximum capacity is 200 people (seated and standing). Suitable for worship, weddings, funerals, concerts, meetings, speaker events, workshops and music rehearsals. Hover over the image below to scroll through a few images of the room or Click here to view this room’s gallery.
Room size | 17.4m x 8.8m |
Capacity | 200 (seated and standing), 155 seated, additional chairs can be added |
Hourly rate | L1: $95.00, L2: $63.00 |
Daily rate | L1: $567.00, L2: $378.00 |
Equipment | Piano, Organ, Heating, Microphones, Amplifier by arrangement, Tables & chairs. Data Projector and Screen available to hire |
Accessibility | Wheelchair access, Bathrooms |
The Hall
Maximum capacity is 200 people (standing). Suitable for meetings, workshops, exercise, dance, yoga, pilates, drama classes, art exhibitions, wedding receptions, birthday celebrations, conferences. Hover over the image below to scroll through a few images of the room or Click here to view this room’s gallery.
Room size | 13.7m x 7.9m |
Capacity | 200 standing, 120 seated |
Hourly rate | L1: $77.00 to $92.00, L2: $39.00 |
Daily rate | L1: $426.00, L2: $240.00 |
Equipment | 16 trestle tables, 150 chairs, heating. Full kitchen facilities, Data Projector and Projector Screen available to hire |
Accessibility | Wheelchair access, Bathrooms |
The Lounge
Maximum capacity is 45 people (standing). Multi purpose room suitable for meetings, workshops, film screenings, classes and small conferences. Hover over the image below to scroll through a few images of the room or Click here to view this room’s gallery.
Room size | 6m x 6m |
Capacity | 45 standing, 35 seated |
Hourly rate | L1: $39.00, L2: $27.00 |
Daily rate | L1: $236.00, L2: $155.00 |
Equipment | Trestle tables and chairs, heating, Kitchenette with fridge, cups and plates, Filtered water, Hot water zip, Microwave |
Accessibility | Wheelchair access, Bathrooms |
The Foyer
Maximum capacity is 35 people. Suitable space for exhibitions, receptions, displays, public meetings/presentations and election polling. Hover over the image below to scroll through a few images of the room or Click here to view this room’s gallery.
Room size | 4.7m x 6.4m plus 3m x 3.8m |
Capacity | 35 |
Daily rate | L 1: $52.00, L2: $27.00, One day sales: $78.00 |
Equipment | Tables and chairs, Wall hanging system, Portable stereo and Microphone System, Data Projector and Screen available to hire |
Accessibility | Wheelchair access, Bathrooms |
The Small Meeting Room
Maximum capacity is 15 people. Multi purpose room suitable for meetings, workshops, classes and small conferences.
Capacity | 15 standing, 8 seated; Room size, 3.4m x 5m |
Hourly rate | L1: $21.00, L2: $14.00 |
Daily rate | L1: $126.00, L2: $78.00 |
Equipment | Trestle tables and chairs, heating. Kitchen facilities are available to hire |
Accessibility | Wheelchair access, Bathrooms |
The Kitchen
The kitchen can be used to cook food for your event, cooking classes or to prepare tea and cake for your function. The kitchen is equipped with: two stoves, fridge, steriliser for the dishes, pie heater, instant boiling water cylinder, and crockery to cater for around 120 people. Please note, the kitchen is NOT approved to prepare food for sale and cookware and bakeware is not provided. Hover over the image below to scroll through a few images of the room or Click here to view this room’s gallery.
Room size | 10m x 2m (floor space only) |
Hourly rate | L1: $58.00, L2: $29.00, flat rate of $52.50 when hired in conjunction with the Hall |
Equipment | Fridge, Filtered water, Hot water zip, 1x Hot Water Urn, 2x Ovens, 2x Microwave, Steriliser, Cutlery for 120 people, 120 dinner, side and soup plates, water jugs, wine and water glasses, cups and saucers, mugs. We do not supply cookware and bakeware |
Accessibility | Wheelchair access, Bathrooms |
Other Room Rates
Mt Eden Village Centre (booking of the whole centre)
Hourly Rate | L1: $240.00, L2: $158.00 |
Daily rate | L1: $1260.00, L2: $882.00 |
Hall & Lounge
Hourly Rate | L1: $96.00, L2: $46.00 |
Daily rate | L1: $540.00, L2: $292.00 |
Church & Kitchen
Extra flat rate | L1: and L2: $52.50 |
Equipment Rates
Projector
Bond | $200 |
Daily rate | L1: $60.00, L2: $30.00 |
Projector Screen
Daily Rate | L1: $30.00, L2: $10.00 |
Stereo Unit & Microphone
We can also recommend sound engineer and PA system suppliers for Concerts and Gigs.
One off use | $30 |
Regular use | $20 |
Yamaha Grand C3 Piano
Per day | $52.50 |