Kaurihohore Public Hall
Hiring the Hall
The Hall is available to hire by the hour. It makes a great venue for birthday parties and other special celebrations and all manner of community events. It can comfortably seat up to 80 people and has 20 tables. It has a fully functioning kitchen with stove and oven, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, hot water zip, and microwave. It has four heat pumps keeping it warm in winter and cool in summer.
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The Hall has 4 heatpumps
There are:
15 folding tables
80 chairs
11 wooden benches
There is a wheelchair accessible toilet in the women's toilets.
The kitchen is not licensed for catering but food can be heated and plated. The kitchen has the following:
freestanding oven/stove
2 kettles
hot water zip
fridge/freezer
dishwasher
microwave
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The hall uses an electronic access lock. A code and instructions will be sent to you before the hire starts.
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Hireage fees are as follows. Please contact us for a quote for a regular booking.
$20ph Kauri Church and School
$25ph Local bookings plus $80 clean
$30ph Outside bookings plus $80 clean
$175 Funeral receptions plus $80 clean
$25ph Regular yearly bookings plus $80 clean
Note that to confirm your booking you will need to sign a conditions of hire form and pay your hireage up-front.
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If you wish to enquire about booking the Hall please contact Claire Gifford at kaurihohorehall@gmail.com or text or call on 021 042 6437
“Easy to access, clean, great communication, excellent space.”
“It is a great hall and meets our needs perfectly.”
“Although we have only used it once, we were more than happy, everything was great and we will be back next year.”
History of the Hall
The Kauri Public Hall was built in the late 1870s. A tender to construct the Hall was advertised in 1875 and a proposal from Mr M McDonald of £34.10 was accepted. The original members of the Hall Committee included: Mr M McDonald (chair), Mr J.W. Kerr, Mr A McLeod, Mr John McKenzie and Mr D Matheson.
Rural halls have played a very important part in developing community life. Not only have they provided a gathering place for locals, but have also provided a place for the inter-mixing of communities in country dance and sports competitions. Since being built, Kauri Hall has played that part. It has been a scene of wedding receptions, indoor bowls, badminton, community meetings, school activities, pioneer reunions and many other events which have brought together young and old in happy mixtures.
The Hall is managed by a group of volunteers from the Kaurihohore Public Hall Society Incorporated.
Regular Hall Fixtures
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Working out with others is fun! And that’s what Tarsh makes these group sessions. These are held at the Kauri Hall 4 times a week:
Tuesday 5.45pm Box Fit
Wednesday 9.15am Mixed Small Group
Thursday 5.45pm Core and Connect
Friday 9.15am Pilates
All fitness levels welcome because Tarsh plans these group sessions to suit all fitness levels. No two sessions are the same and you will work the whole body. We have great conversations on health, movement and include just about everything else in these conversations.
You will meet the most wonderful woman in these groups and included in joining these group classes is a VIP facebook page, term catch ups, weekly check ins and term challenges.
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Every Wednesday at 7.30pm.
Contact Dave Cobbald at 021 1159088 or cobbald89@gmail.com. -
Generally organised twice a year, spring and autumn
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Organised by the Kauri Church.
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Generally organised for June every year. A potluck dinner and movie.
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Every December around 15th.
Hall Committee
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Henry Smits (Chairperson)
Bronwyn Bayne (Secretary)
Christine Grimmer (Treasurer)
Warwick Harkness (Officer)
Claire Gifford (Bookings Officer)
Dave Garrick (Caretaker)
Jane Garrick
Oringa Barach
Noel Moffat
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The updated 2025 Constitution sets out the purposes as:
The Society is established and maintained exclusively for charitable purposes (including any purposes ancillary to those charitable purposes), namely:
Benefitting the local community by administering and maintaining the Kaurihohore Public Hall so that the hall can be used by the residents in the Kauri community and surrounding districts for cultural, artistic, recreational and sporting events.
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The Hall is managed by a group of volunteers from the Kaurihohore Public Hall Society Incorporated.
Anyone can apply to join the Society as a member. Being a member entitles you to vote on resolutions at the AGM or any EGM. To join please submit an application by email or click on the botton below. Memberships costs $20 a year (1 April to 30 March) per individual, family or organisation. Membership also entitles you to a 15% discount on any one-off hall hire costs (excluding cleaning fee).
