Operator Manukau City Council Total space 4,696 m² Opened 3 April 2005 | Website Venue Website Phone +64 9-976 7777 Construction cost 48.7 million NZD | |
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Location Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand Owner Counties Manukau Pacific Trust Address 770 Great South Rd, Wiri, Manukau 2104, New Zealand Theatre seating 3,000 (Sir Woolf Fisher Arena); 700 (Genesis Energy Theatre) Former names TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre (2005-13) Similar Vector Wero Whitewat, Rainbow's End, The Trusts Arena, Aotea Centre, Aotea Square Profiles | ||
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Vodafone Events Centre (originally the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre) is a multi-purpose event centre located in Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand (suburb of the former Manukau City), with an indoor arena, theatre and meeting halls hosting community, cultural and sports events, concerts and plays, exhibits, trade shows and expos, corporate functions, meetings, weddings and other special events. The event centre has cost an estimated NZ$ 48.7 million, of which somewhat less than half came from Manukau City Council. The naming rights sponsor was TelstraClear. but after it was purchased by Vodafone New Zealand, the center was subsequently renamed.
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Facilities
The Sir Woolf Fisher Arena has an end theatre stage capacity of 3,000 people utilising a combination of terraced and flat floor seating.
Sponsored by Genesis Energy Limited, this theatre features changeable seating with a traditional end stage format. The theatre sits a maximum of 340 people when set up for banquet or convention table events, but can hold more for standard end stage type events. It is home to the Manukau Symphony Orchestra while hosting other concerts, plays, musicals, recitals, weddings and conferences. The theatre includes four dressing rooms.
The Vector Wero Whitewater Park (opened 2016) is the first purpose-built man-made river and white-water facility of New Zealand, offers water activities including rafting, kayaking and standup paddleboarding as well as for the 2017 World Masters Games.
2009 Highlights
Mayoress Charity Gala Ball raised $300,000 for Kidz First
NZ$ 544,000 given in direct community sponsorship
9,020 students attended our Schools Programme
Home to the Manukau Symphony Orchestra
Home to The Original Art Sale, Auckland's largest art market
Host to the Southside Arts Festival
Over 1.3 million visitors since opening
65% of events were community based
Design completed for Stage 2
Awards
The centre has won a number of awards over the years: