At Orewa College, we welcome you to host memorable events in our Orewa Arts & Events Centre and facilities.
This stunning events venue can be hired for community, business and private events. With a large flat floor space, operable walls and moveable seating, the venue is flexible and can meet the needs of a wide variety of uses.
Orewa Arts and Events Centre
A flexible venue designed to suit many event types
Orewa Arts & Events Centre
Key features include:
- A large venue with 450sqm of flat floor space.
- State of the art sound and lighting with projector capabilities.
- Seating capacity for up to 800 or 300+ for sit down dinners.
- Through the use of operable walls, is capable of division into 3 separate areas.
- Has retractable tiered seating, at the rear of the Auditorium.
- Has a permanent raised stage.
- Premier air conditioning systems.
- Linked to the college Drama Suite & Dance Studio to provide extensive changing rooms and green room facilities.
- Includes a kitchen with finishing facilities to cater for major functions.
- Has a ceiling height throughout of 5 metres.
Main Auditorium
A stage and flat floor space with seating and dining options
The Main Auditorium includes the Stage (15.4m wide x 6m deep) and a flat floor space of 240sq metres (16.3 metres long x 14.7 metres wide). It has seating for 350 and includes efficient air conditioning.
The Main Auditorium includes 2 projectors & screens, a quality sound system with 3 portable microphones and four optional scenes for the stage and house lighting. State of the art sound and special effect lighting is available when hiring our authorised Sound and Lighting Technician.
The area can seat 200 at tables for dining and includes access to the kitchen, chairs and 20 trestle tables (2.4m x 0.8m). Black embossed tablecloths to fit the trestle tables can be hired.
Small Auditorium
An adjacent space suitable for presentations or food service
This space works well for a seated presentation space for 128 people or an area to serve food for a larger event, being adjacent to the kitchen. The room has efficient air conditioning.
The back-tiered seats (bleachers) are operable in 3 separate units, each holding 43 seats which can be extended or retracted separately. When fully extended, they seat 128.
When the bleacher seating is pushed away, it has a flat floor square area of 98 sqm (6.7m long x 14.7m wide).
Foyer
A naturally-lit entrance space for welcome and gathering
Forming the entrance to the Auditorium, this airy naturally-lit room can be a “meet and greet” area or can be divided off with an operable wall to be a stand alone room.
It has an area of 113 sq metres (21m long x 5.4m wide) and will fit up to 200 people. The foyer has access to 7 toilets (including two unisex accessible toilet rooms) and efficient air conditioning.
Kitchen
Finishing facilities with external access for deliveries
The kitchen is located on the opposite side of the Auditorium to the Foyer. It has an external door leading to a driveway so that supplies can be delivered to the door, and so that support equipment, such as a chiller or spit-roast can be placed adjacent to the Kitchen.
The Kitchen is equipped with: Domestic Ovens x 2, Commercial Oven x 1, Commercial Extractor Fans, Instant Hot Water Zip, Microwave, Pie Warmer, Fridges x 3, Freezer x 1, Commercial Sterilizer, Serving Trolley x 2 and Sinks x 2.
Dance Studio and Drama Suite
Additional spaces for lessons, workshops, and event support
The Dance Studio has a wooden floor with one wall of floor to ceiling mirrors. It has a flat floor space of 10m x 8m with external access. The capacity is 41 people.
Great for holding Dance lessons, workshops, practice sessions. It has a sound system and efficient air conditioning.
The Drama suite is ideal for a changing and/or green room when using the other facilities, it has internal access to the stage and two external access points, measuring at 13.4m x 7.3m.
We have an alternative Dance Room available for hire with a spring floor, mirror wall and sound system which is 115m2.
Other School Facilities
Additional spaces that may be available for hire
Other school facilities include:
- Gymnasiums
- Dance Studios
- Classrooms
Useful links
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Contact
Find out more about venue hire at Orewa College
Contact our event manager Korrina Cracknell to discuss your requirements and see how we can help make your event a success.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 09 427 3048