About Whare Koa Māngere Community House
Whare Koa Māngere Community House was built in the early 1920s with a distinctive bungalow style showcasing bay windows, sun porch, built-in furniture, inglenook fireplace and a low-pitched roof
It was named Whare Koa ‘The Happy House’ and the Heritage Lounge still has the original wallpaper preserved today. Whare Koa is known for its cultural heritage value and enjoyed by various Māori and Pasifika communities, churches and local support services.
In 2016, PPG Industries NZ united with Whare Koa whānau for the Colourful Communities Project to restore the whare to its original exterior colour. Whare Koa also had internal refurbishments carried out recently and re-opened in August 2020.
Over the years, our local and vibrant Pasifika communities have run a variety of programmes and events promoting traditional arts, languages, cooking, music and dance as well as a free weekly community soup kitchen, Youth Pasifika dance group, Mamas Lounge and the very popular Mangere BikeFIT club. Our whānau proudly call Whare Koa their second home.
Our team
Our venue hire team is available Monday to Thursday from 8am to 6.30pm and Friday from 9am to 4.30pm.
Venue hire
This beautiful venue has a large shared kitchen space also available for use with oven, fridge and microwave. Limited parking is available directly outside the whare and there is access to a large car park next door. The Whare is wheelchair friendly with disability parking and an accessible toilet as well as extra recently refurbished toilets, underfloor heating, tables and chairs and free WiFi. The Heritage Lounge has a separate kitchenette, boiling tap and projector screen with a capacity of 50 people. The Front room has a capacity of 15 people. This venue is available for hire from 5am to midnight, 7 days a week.
To learn more or book this venue, visit Auckland Council community venues.
Office hours
The Whare Koa Community House is open to the public Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
Contact
Visit us: 141R Robertson Road, Māngere
Phone us: 09 379 2030
Email us: venuehire@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
This venue is proudly supported by the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board.
