Cheaper venue hire available at eight rural halls

Some community groups are able to get reduced or even free hire fees at eight rural halls thanks to a $10,000 subsidy fund from Rodney Local Board.

Not-for-profit groups are already entitled to a 50 per cent fee reduction in Auckland Council hall hire fees, but the additional fund enables that discount to be increased or even waived altogether at the following halls: Te Hana, Old Masonic and Shoesmith in Warkworth, Wainui, South Head, and Helensville, Kaukapakapa and Waimauku War Memorial Halls.

The $10,000 was allocated by the Board as part of its arts, community and event work programme for 2020/21 and is intended to support community groups that find standard hall hire costs at council-managed halls prohibitive.

For details of whether a not-for-profit group or event would qualify for a hire fee reduction, email venuehire@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz