Construction of Karori Event Centre

The Karori Community Hall Trust was established in 2007 in response to the Council’s inability to fund a replacement to the original hall.

We are a group of volunteers working on behalf of and with the community, raising the majority of the funds to make the Karori Event Centre a reality, with ongoing support and undertakings of funding from the Wellington City Council.

Our vision is to create, equip and manage, a modern future proofed multi-purpose events centre that will make Karori a more vibrant place to live and visit, now and into the future. A place where people of all ages feel a sense of connection with those around them.

In 2017, the first phase of the new Karori Event Centre building, the base build was constructed to sit alongside the existing Community Centre. The second phase is the fit-out. Once the fit-out is complete, the Event Centre will be fully operational and open to the public.

When the fit-out is completed, we will have an event centre that can be used for music and dance performance, exhibitions, public meetings or special occasions. In addition to community group activities there are commercial opportunities such as conferences as well the chance to be the first e-game capable venue in the Wellington region.

We’ve had amazing support from our local community, the Lotteries Foundation ($500,000), the Wellington City Council, Lion Foundation ($250,000) other donor organisations and individual donors.

Now we need your support to complete the fit-out so we can open this much-needed community facility.