A beloved home to events, concerts, a bike library, monthly market, an annual book fair, winter film festival, art show and much more, run by the Paekākāriki Community Trust.
Please read the information below regarding our hall hire costs and processes – catering & kitchen/sound & lighting and other misc costs are on the Equipment page via tab above. Check the date you want is available – our hall calendar is further down this page and you’ll find a link to a booking form.
For further general enquiries, questions about bookings and pricing, please email our bookings team at: [email protected] We aim to reply within 24-48 hours.
Noise: Please note: the hall is located in a residential area and is subject to Kāpiti Coast District Council’s noise control regulations.
Monday to Saturday – all noise to stop by 10.45pm. The hall is to be vacated by midnight.
Sunday nights – all noise to stop by 8.30pm. The hall is to be vacated by 10.00pm.
The hall has a legal capacity of 195. Please think carefully and ensure that you have booked sufficient time for set up and clean up as we may be unable to accommodate extra time at the last minute. Groups or individuals, may be asked for additional information for clarification to satisfy the requirements of the Trust.
Hire rates cover use of the hall and stage, 25 trestle tables (760mm x 1830mm) and 155 chairs.
Hall size: Width – 9.2m; >Length – 11.7m (stage front to entry door, not including alcove and lobby)
Stage size: Depth – 4.5m (front to back); Width of opening – 7.2m
WIFI – we have streaming capability. Great for power point presentations. We always advise a back-up, as with any internet system. Hirers can ask their Hall Host for the password.
Accessibility – both the entrance and toilets are wheelchair accessible. No wheelchair access to the stage.
Piano – 1960 upright English Welmar. Beautiful tone. Note – the piano is on the main hall floor and cannot be moved onto the stage. Please tick the box on the booking form if you intend to use – no charge.
General Kitchen Use – there are 100+ mugs; 30 tea cups & saucers; 120 side plates; 20 drinking glasses; 4 coffee plungers; a variety of serving plates; and a limited supply of cutlery. (Pics of kitchen gear here). If you are using the hall for making drinks/basics only, there will be no extra charge.
A Use of Kitchen charge applies for the full use of the kitchen for catering and preparing food – use of oven, dishwasher, and for special equipment. See hire charges further below. You’ll find more pictures of the hall here and on our Facebook page.
Please bring your own: tea towels and rubbish bags, and remember to take your rubbish with you.
Please ensure you leave the hall as you found it with all chairs and tables put away. You can use the trolley provided to stack the chairs (please do not drag chairs across the floor) in multiples of 10. Five stacks per row.
Health and Safety – Health and Safety is the hirer’s responsibility. The hirer will need to appoint someone to be responsible for Health and Safety for their event. They must take charge of ensuring safe evacuation and assembly of all attendees in case of fire and will also follow procedures for an earthquake (and potential tsunami).
The hirer must ensure that they are familiar with the emergency instructions for evacuation and earthquake procedures that are displayed on posters situated at exit points in the hall and in the Green Room.
Please note: The Trust reserves the right to have a Trust Member present at events to protect the interests of the Hall.
Weddings are popular at St Peter’s Village Hall either as the main wedding ceremony venue, or the reception venue, or both.
Our hall looks spectacular when decorated (see link for photos below). The deck is situated through double doors, and a marquee can be erected on this area, with or without sides. Many weddings choose to use the deck area and marquee for their bar and food servery area.
A beautiful garden backdrops this deck area too – click here for wedding photos.
Wedding parties love Paekākāriki as a wedding destination – a smaller unique venue that can be decorated to suit your taste; great photo opportunities at the beach; many accommodation options within the village and surrounding area; village shops and cafés; a hotel and bottle store.
We have 155 chairs plus 25 trestles; tablecloths for hire, both black, and white; catering equipment to serve 100; a fully functional kitchen with a large oven, dishwasher, fridge, and plenty of space for yourself or a caterer to work.
Our hall has many extras to hire – please see below.
You will be assigned a wedding host (a volunteer) from the St Peter’s Village Hall team who will help and support you through the process of booking, checking out the venue, and deciding on your requirements, up to and including your wedding day. This cost is included in the wedding packages below.
We have several small businesses within our village who can help with your wedding: e.g. Honey Flower (Florist); Beach Road Deli (Catering); Hairdressers; Paekākāriki Holiday Park and Finns Hotel for accommodation/catering; plus many Air BnB’s. Ask your wedding host if you need contact details.
We have very competitive wedding packages:
Standard 48 hour hire: $1,200.00
Includes wedding hall host (to help support you with your requirements) booking fee, and the standard hall hire rate (tables, chairs, microphone, kitchen for tea/coffee/cold drinks)
Premium 48 hour hire: $2,000
Includes wedding hall host (to help support you with your requirements) booking fee, and the standard hire rate plus marquee, kitchen for food preparation, crockery, glasses, and cutlery for 100 people. Hall PA & stereo sound and sound equipment.
Please contact us about viewing the hall, pricing, and any questions or suggestions. Email: [email protected]
When booking your wedding, please allow enough time for setting up the venue and for cleaning up afterwards. This cannot be done at midnight, as weddings normally use much, or all, of our equipment, and a satisfactory clean-up needs to be done the next day. Therefore we suggest either a 24-hour or 48-hour hire period be chosen. Please discuss this when making your booking.
There is a church next door – St Peter’s Anglican Church – you can enquire here if you wish to find out more about this as a ceremony venue:
[email protected]
You can check available dates for hire, and see events booked at St Peter’s Village Hall.
Check out Eventfinda – tickets for some events are available through this site. Depending on the event there are often also cash door sales.
Hire charges go towards hall running costs of our much-beloved hall – rates, rent on the land, power, water, insurance, cleaning, maintenance, improvements and so on. The hall is run by volunteers; all proceeds of your hall hire and fees go directly to the Paekakariki Community Trust who administer the hall for the community. We are entrusted to ensure the hall continues to exist as a resource for the Paekākāriki community. (Left: the legendary Andrew Fagan at St Peter’s Hall in 2025 – photo: Neil Gardiner)
We appreciate your interest in holding your event at St Peter’s Village Hall.
Hall Hire:
The Trust is registered for GST – this will be included in your pricing; prices you see here will be GST inclusive.
It can also be hired separately for small groups of 10 or less. The Green Room is $10 per hour or $25 for a half day (four hours).
Bookings or questions to: [email protected]
Please note: An invoice for hiring the hall (including extras) will be sent after the event. Once you have made a booking, you will be assigned a hall host who will coordinate with you to make sure you have all the information you need for your event.
Examples of table settings for a wedding, the Church grounds next to the hall, and the hall kitchen: photos available here
Please head to the Equipment tab at the top of this page for more detailed information and costs.
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A hall host (a volunteer) will let you into the hall at the start time you specified on the booking form. Please email: [email protected] if have not heard from a member of the bookings team or your hall host.
Booking Handling Fee of $10-$20 will be charged on all bookings to help cover costs of administration of your hire.
Host Fee of $25 – all events are assigned a Host (hall volunteer) who will ensure you are familiar with all aspects of the hall pertaining to your event. Depending on the time involved, this is likely to incur a host charge. Wedding Host Fee is $100. This charge goes towards hall running.
Publicity – Hirers are responsible for their own advertising. However we can help connect you with our local newsletter & radio who run community notices and some interviews.
Send a photo (.jpg or .png) of your poster and information to: [email protected]
Talk to your hall host about sending posters for our noticeboards (note – we do not print posters).
Add us as co-organisers on Facebook to be automatically added to our page – https://www.facebook.com/StPetersHallPaekakariki/
St Peters Hall Paekakariki Facebook page can be tagged into your advertising.
Sometimes we ask for a deposit or bond in order to secure your booking. Once you have submitted the booking form, we will email you with confirmation of the date and any payment instructions.
CANCELLATION POLICY
If a booking is cancelled by the Hirer within two weeks of the confirmed event date, a cancellation fee of $50 may be charged by the Paekākāriki Community Trust. A final decision as to whether the Hirer will incur a cancellation fee will be at the discretion of the Paekākāriki Community Trust.
St Peter’s Village Hall – Information for Hirers (read before submitting a Booking Form please!)
Hire charges go towards the running costs of our much beloved hall – rates, rent on the land, power, water, insurance, cleaning, maintenance, improvements and so on. We take special care in making sure our hall is well looked after for our community.
The hall is run by volunteers; all proceeds of your hall hire and fees go directly to the Paekākāriki Community Trust who administer the hall for the community. We are entrusted to ensure the hall continues to exist as a resource for the Paekākāriki community. We appreciate your interest in holding your event at St Peter’s Village Hall.
The Trust is registered for GST – this will be included in your pricing; prices you see here will be GST inclusive.
OTHER:
Marquee $130 – 6m x 3m marquee erected on the deck of the hall. It has x3 side walls if required. We also have coloured festoon lights that can be used on marquee at no extra charge.
Function Assistance: $50 pp. The Trust offers to provide a function assistant (if available) for your event. This might be for door, lighting, selling merch etc.
Additional Power: $20 per day. For external additions to the hall, e.g. food trucks. Please note: We do not supply licencing. Visit the councils website; www.kapiticoast.govt.nz
“Pop Up” Black Curtains: $25 (to reduce stage area or to make a corner for performers)
Cleaning Fee/Bond. The Trust reserves the right to charge a $250 cleaning fee/bond. The bond will be returned to you at the end of the hire if the hall is left clean and in the condition it was in before the hire.
Please bring your own: tea towels and rubbish bags. Rubbish must be taken away by the hirer.
You can check available dates for hire, and see events booked at St Peter’s Village Hall.
The 2026 Film Festival will take place in June and July this year – details about the films and dates will be posted on the Paekākāriki website events page and you’ll also find the dates up now on the St Peter’s Hall calendar
The Paekakariki Community Trust runs both the monthly Market Day, and the Paekakariki Christmas Fete.
How to book a stall?
You can book a Monthly Markets stall after February 1st 2026. The first Market in 2026 will be March 7th 2026.
Cost and Payment
The 2026 monthly stall holder fee is $25(inc GST). An invoice will be issues two weeks before the Market, please pay the invoice within a week of the Market. note (inc GST) means that the total price still remains $25 per stall and the Monthly Market will pay the GST, this keeps the stall holder price the same as last year.
All your goods need to be on the trestle or behind it – in other words, no stands to sit beside your table.
Email: [email protected]
Space you will be allocated:
Inside the hall – one trestle space only. NO stands are permitted beside your stall please. A trestle table and chair is provided – 760mm x 1830mm trestle size.
Outside stalls at the Christmas Fete are on the footpath. People need to be able to walk through your gazebo, with a 1.2 metre wide walking width. You will need to provide your own table, chair, and gazebo. There will be loads of colour and fun outside – this is a great place to have a stall. Stalls will be on both sides of Beach Road. There will be limited and last minute stalls only in the church grounds.
Set-Up is from 8.00am, to be ready by 9.30am.
St Peter’s Village Hall is a much loved community venue. It was built in 1918 for the Anglican Church and has been used by the Church and the Community since then. In 2007 it was sold to the Paekākāriki Community and is now run by the Paekākāriki Community Trust.
The Trust raises funds for the hall’s renovation and upkeep.
Since 2012 major restoration work has been done, including rewiring and installing a contemporary lighting, heating and cooling system. The toilets have been upgraded, the interior painted, and a new commercial-style kitchen has been installed.
The stage upgrade includes a Public Address system (incl Cordless Mics), a projector and screen, theatre lighting and red velvet curtains.
A large deck has been added that can accommodate a 6m x 3m Marquee which is available for hire.
The hall floor has been replaced with new Matai floorboards, using recycled weather boards from a house in Te Aroha and Nae Nae. This will ensure the hall will be able to be enjoyed by the community for many years to come.
Landscaping has been completed by building steps on the south side of the property allowing easier access to the Bike Library, and connecting the property from Ames Street to the deck. Wifi has been installed.
Upgrades continue to occur as and when finances are available. Voluntary input from Village residents into the hall is vital to ensure these upgrades.
The Paekākāriki Community Trust was created in 2007 when the Anglican Church sold St Peter’s Hall to the community for $1.00.
The hall was in a dilapidated condition at the time, and has since been completely renovated, including a rebuilt south wall, repainting, new toilets, new kitchen, new floor, a deck on the eastern side and improved access on the south side. This has all been done with grants, fundraising and, importantly, with the labour of many many volunteers.
St Peter’s Hall today is a fantastic asset for the local community and is in constant use for all kinds of events and activities.
The Trust Deed sets out our objectives, and these guide everything we do. The objectives are:
Trustees are elected annually at the AGM. We encourage new people to put themselves forward for election. And we welcome volunteers throughout the year to help with our regular fundraising events – the Art Show, Book Fair and Film Festival.
Chair – Paekākāriki Community Trust.
