Venues

The New Zealand International Convention Centre has appointed Loryn Blaikie as international sales manager.

Auckland Council is asking for proposals for a “world class future-proof multi-purpose main stadium”.

Wellington venues the Michael Fowler Centre and the Opera House have been issued with Earthquake-Prone Building notices by the city council.

Fletcher Building has set aside another $255m to complete SkyCity Entertainment’s New Zealand International Convention Centre and Hobson Street Hotel in Auckland.

More than 665,000 people have attended matches at the FIFA Women’s World Cup’s four host cities, including 297,405 at Eden Park.

Tākina Wellington Convention Centre will host the 2025 World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music for the event’s first time in New Zealand.

Timaru District Council has launched a new online platform to streamline the process of booking venues.

Close to 170,000 people have attended FIFA Women’s World Cup matches at Auckland’s Eden Park to date, according to the latest figures.

Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre will host Local Government New Zealand’s annual conference in August 2024.

Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre will host the Holiday Parks New Zealand Conference in 2024.

Large events in the country’s largest city will have some certainty after a new five-year lease was agreed for Auckland Showgreounds.

New Zealand Venue Co has bought the Morningside Tavern and neighbouring event space, Glasshouse, in Auckland.

The operator’s new GM of hospitality, experience and operations on his goals, creating great memories, and what tourism can improve.

NZ’s new generation of convention centres is helping to rejuvenate an industry hit hard by the pandemic.

Tākina Wellington has hosted close to 17,000 in its first weeks of opening since 31 May.

Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre has enjoyed a “stellar” inaugural week following its official opening, says Tākina Events.

Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre has had its official opening.

The government is investing $500,000 into the redevelopment of Timaru’s Fraser Park to transform the venue into a multi-event arena.

Wolfbrook Property Group has secured naming rights for the now-named Wolfbook Arena in Christchurch for five years.

The opening of Tākina Wellington Events Centre has been postponed in respect for those who lost their lives in a hostel fire overnight.

From today, 15 May 2023, the venue will be known as Go Media Stadium Mt Smart, however, the stadium’s legal name remains Mt Smart (Rarotonga) Domain.

Business Events Wellington will host more than 160 buyers for a day out in Wellington ahead of MEETINGS at the Tākina Wellington Convention Centre next month.

The newly-reopened Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland has 117 events planned for the 2023/2024 financial year, estimated to be worth $3m, according to Tātaki Auckland Unlimited.

Nearly 130k delegates have visited the venue since it opened on 2 May last year.

Eden Park’s future design could hybrid stadium with an all-weather retractable roof.

Te Pae Christchurch will host more than 1,000 overseas and national delegates for the International Association for Media and Communication Research’s annual conference next year.

Tākina Events has prepared its 2023 menu collection ahead of the conference venue’s opening in June, with sustainability as one of its core strategies.

The main area at Auckland’s Western Springs Stadium will be closed for at least three months as engineers assess the damage caused to the venue by the flooding events and cyclone earlier this year.

Wellington’s Tākina Convention Centre will be decked out in dinosaurs from June as part of the largest Lego exhibition in the country.

Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre has drafted an agreement with Toitū Envirocare to help reduce its environmental footprint.

MEETINGS 2023 is heading for a sell-out exhibition, says Business Events Industry Aotearoa.

Construction on Tākina Wellington Convention Centre is on track, with Cable Street laneway streetscape and external works finished, along with the Wakefield Street entrance nearing completion.

Two of the country’s major business events assets are ending 2022 with contrasting fortunes.

Work to install the last artwork in Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre is now complete with Moment of Movement ready to experience on Colombo Street.

The best and brightest of New Zealand’s venues and staff have been celebrated at the 2022 EVANZ Awards.

Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre has received the Exceptional achievement in Environmental Management accolade at the at the 2022 Toitū Brighter Future Awards.

Te Pae Christchurch will host the Armageddon Expo from 10-11 December.

Auckland Conventions, Venues and Events has opened bookings for Viaduct Events Centre for events taking place from 27 April 2023.

XPO Exhibitions has acquired the Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show from long-time owner Auckland Water Ski Club.

Cornwall Park Trust Board acted unlawfully by leasing part of Auckland Showgrounds to a film studio for three months this year, causing some of the country’s largest events to cancel or suffer postponements, according to a ruling from the High Court in Auckland.

Business Events Industry Aotearoa and Te Pae owner Ōtākaro appoint new senior managers.

Tākina Events has appointed Wētā Workshop head of tourism Jake Downing its new director of museum and commercial services.

The Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 will kick off at Auckland’s Eden Park and Whangarei’s Okara Park this weekend.

Construction on Wellington’s Tākina convention centre’s façade, the exhibition and plenary spaces on the first floor are both fully complete.

Te Pae will host the In-house Lawyers Association of New Zealand annual conference, which begins tomorrow in Christchurch.

The government is investing $18.7m to support upgrades at 30 of the 32 facilities earmarked for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.

Hamilton’s Claudelands Grandstand is out of action for at least 12 months while remedial works are planned and undertaken to repair borer damage.

The New Zealand International Convention Centre is ramping up its sales team as it looks to build up bookings ahead of the long-awaited venue’s 2025 opening.

Organisers of the Armageddon festival are hopeful they will be able to return to Auckland Showgrounds during Labour Weekend in October, despite the venue being closed since the end of June.

Close to 100,000 people are expected to converge on Eden Park over two days next weekend in a blockbuster triple-headline of sports events.