Miriama Community Centre
About this space
Looking for a versatile and affordable venue for your next event? The Miriama Community Centre in Taumarunui is the perfect space for recreational, cultural, and social gatherings. With a capacity to host up to 275 people, this community-focused venue is ideal for events such as meetings, workshops, celebrations, and more.
There is no WiFi connection, no projector or screen.
PLEASE NOTE: You must allow set up and pack/clean up time in your booking. Billing is charged from the time you access the Hall to the time you exit.
Key Features:
Spacious Hall Area: A large, open-plan space suitable for a variety of events and seating arrangements.
Fully Equipped Kitchen: Includes electric stove, pie warmer, microwave, a refrigerator, hot water Zip and basic crockery and cutlery for your catering needs.
Furniture Provided: 200 chairs, 20 tables, and 7 trestle tables to accommodate different event layouts.
Crockery/Cutlery provided: crockery and cutlery for 100 settings.
Parking: Convenient onsite parking is available, shared with the Taumarunui Cosmopolitan Club.
Accessibility: The venue features wide entry points, making it suitable for all attendees.
Affordable Hire Options: Available for full-day, half-day, and hourly rentals to suit your event requirements.
Perfect for:
Community meetings
Social gatherings and celebrations
Workshops and training sessions
Cultural and recreational events
Additional Information:
Alcohol consumption is permitted with the appropriate licensing from Ruapehu District Council.
All bookings require users to clean the venue after use, including vacuuming, tidying the kitchen, and removing rubbish.
The centre is a smoke & vape-free facility.
Outdoor decorations such as banners and signs require prior approval from the local council.
Booking schedule
Extra items and charges
This space has extra items and charges that can be added to your booking. Some may be required depending on your booking time and type, which will be shown at the checkout.
Amenities
Suitable for
Location
10 Miriama Street, Taumarunui, New Zealand
Opening times
Monday
24 hours
Tuesday
24 hours
Wednesday
24 hours
Thursday
24 hours
Friday
24 hours
Saturday
24 hours
Sunday
24 hours
Rules
The organisation or person who has booked the hall, “the hirer”, is responsible for the following:
(a) Return of the key and checklist to the Council Office, Huia Street, Taumarunui within 2 hours of hourly use during the day, or the day following all day or evening use during office hours.
(b) Safety of the hall and its assets for the duration of the booking.
Users of the Centre will need to stack the tables and chairs (stacks of 6 chairs please).
Vacuum the carpet and sweep the floors on departure using the equipment provided.
Users are also expected to do the dishes, leave the kitchen tidy and remove all rubbish from the premises after use.
All bookings are charged a cleaning fee, however if the Centre requires above normal cleaning after use, Council will charge at cost and this will be deducted from your bond.
Please do not pin items to the walls.
Please do not use tape on the floors.
Users need to ensure that the heat pumps are turned off on their departure. Failure to do so may result in a cost for this being deducted from your bond.
FIRE WARDEN’S DUTIES IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE
On Report of a Fire:
CHIEF FIRE WARDEN
1 Sound the building’s fire alarm system – break glass and switch on alarm.
2 Ensure the Fire Service has been notified as per 111 Call.
3 Put on Fire Warden identification jacket (found behind kitchen door).
4 Initiate Evacuation:
a Ensure the lounge is evacuated. Check toilets, kitchen, bar and store room.
b Note the location of persons remaining in the premises, including disabled persons, fire control personnel etc.
c Proceed to designated assembly area “The footpath in Miriama Street corner of car park” and check for missing persons.
d Report to Head of Fire Service attending. e Only if conditions permit, and it is safe to do so, should any attempt be made to extinguish the fire.
SECOND FIRE WARDEN
1 Put on Fire Warden identification jacket (found behind kitchen door). 2 Assist evacuation of the lounge
3 If anyone remains in the premises, note their location.
4 Proceed to designated assembly area “The footpath in Miriama Street corner of car park” and report to Chief Fire Warden and advise details of evacuation.
FIRE EVACUATION
The key holder is to be Chief Fire Warden in the case of a fire.
Once activated, the fire siren cannot be turned off without a special key held by the fire service. Call 111.
TO THE KEY HOLDER
To comply with the Fire Services Regulations, Council requires that you have read the above instructions and carry out the following duties.
As the key holder you are appointed Chief Fire Warden, and in the event of a fire you are responsible for the Fire warden’s duties listed above. Warden Identification jackets are hanging behind the kitchen door. You must also appoint someone attending your function as a Second Fire Warden to carry out the Second Fire Warden’s duties as listed above.
Please note that the siren, once activated should be left going until the lounge is evacuated and cleared by the Fire
Chief. The siren cannot be turned off without a special key held by the fire department.
Please ensure you familiarise yourself with the location of the fire alarm switch (between the kitchen and toilets) and the assembly point (The footpath in the Miriama Street corner of the car park).
For each day you use the Centre, check the final exits from the building are clear prior to your event commencing and tick and sign the Final Exit Checklist (on a clipboard on the kitchen wall to the left of the sink)
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Additional details
The car park is included in the lounge hireage and includes all of the area shared with the Taumarunui Cosmopolitan Club.