Visit

Due to COVID-19, all facilities for hire are temporarily unavailable until further notice. We apologise for the inconvenience.

Venues for hire

Spine

Our light-filled atrium with its North facing aspect, and views out to the Nishio City Japanese garden, provides the perfect warm and welcoming site for your next event.

Helen Smith Community Meeting room setup for sit down event

Helen Smith Community Room

For your next team meeting or training session come and enjoy Pātaka’s bright modern Helen Smith community meeting room.

Performing Arts Studio

Our large studio space has a sprung floor and a wall of mirrors. Suitable for dance rehearsals, performances, workshops, other rehearsals, yoga, martial arts.

Tāwara

Our medium sized meeting room is located on the mezzanine floor. With views down onto the light-filled atrium and Japanese garden, this is an ideal space for small gatherings.

Rangituhi

Our upstairs meeting room has gorgeous views looking out over the hills that it is named for.

Hapori

Hapori is a comfortable and quiet meeting room, ideal for training, workshops, interviews and meetings.

Kitchen

Whether you are catering ten or one hundred guests, our commercial kitchen has all the hardware you require.

Facilities Booking Form

Pātaka is the perfect place for small group meetings or large multi-day events. Contact us today to see how we can make your event a success.

Galleries and other facilities

Exhibition in the main exhibition gallery

Exhibition Galleries

Wander through our four accessible exhibition galleries, checking out our in-house, national and international touring exhibitions.

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Toi Gallery

Our commercial gallery where we exhibit and sell work from local, national and international artists.

Bottle Creek Gallery

Home-grown art features in our community gallery. The focus is on Porirua-based artists, groups and schools.

Toi Store

The perfect place to find an art book, unique card or new taonga made by a contemporary New Zealand artist.

Café Kaizen

Café Kaizen offers delicious, quality food, from a light nibble to a full blackboard menu, and of course a full range of coffee, teas, fluffies and cold drinks.

City Centre Library

With books for all ages, a kids area and top-notch heritage, genealagy, māori & pacific collections, round out your visit with a trip to the library.

Opening hours

MONDAY - SATURDAY

Atrium/spine open from: 8.30am (from 3 Feb 2020) - 5pm

Galleries open from: 10am - 5pm

SUNDAYS

Atrium/spine open from: 8.30am (from 3 Feb 2020) - 4.30pm

Galleries open from: 11am - 4.30pm

Closed

Christmas, Boxing and New Years days

Address

Cnr Parumoana & Norrie Streets
Porirua Wellington 5240
New Zealand
PO Box 50218

Accessibility

Wheelchair friendly galleries and bathrooms
Baby change facilities

Admission

All exhibitions are free.

School visits are free for Porirua schools, or $2 per student for schools from outside Porirua.

Get in touch

General
+64 4 237 1511
pataka@poriruacity.govt.nz

School visit bookings
+64 4 237 3551
patakaeducation@poriruacity.govt.nz

Venue hire
pataka.facilitybookings@poriruacity.govt.nz

Toi store
toistore.pataka@poriruacity.govt.nz

Events
kawika.aipa@poriruacity.govt.nz

Proposals
mark.hutchins-pond@poriruacity.govt.nz
emma.kitson@poriruacity.govt.nz

Kaizen Cafe
+64 4 237 4222

Library
+64 4 237 1533
circulation@poriruacity.govt.nz

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