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Open Mon-Sat, 10am - 4.00pm

The Homestead Galleries feature an innovative programme of contemporary art exhibitions by local and international artists. We pride ourselves on being inclusive, and our purpose it to create opportunities for diverse communities to speak from and offer experiences that strengthen and promote community.

Exhibitions are accompanied by a full range of free public programmes including artist talks, exhibition tours and art workshops for kids.

Open Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm

The Gallery Shop at Corban Estate Arts Centre features exquisite handcrafted artwork by leading artists from West Auckland and across Aotearoa. Purchases can be made over the phone and complimentary gift wrapping is provided for free on request.

Open Mon-Sat, 10am-3pm

A hidden gem that is a favourite among its regulars, our Coffee Studio is hosted by Susan and Brent, who run the cafe as an ethical business, committed to conscious consumption. With delicious freshly baked counter food and seasonal kitchen fare, the Coffee Studio serves Riley Organic Coffee alongside a great range of refreshments for the non-coffee drinker. Playing an eclectic mix of vinyl from late 60s rocksteady to Lo-fi pop, our Coffee Studio is the perfect place to eat, drink and relax during your visit to Corban Estate Arts Centre.

The Pacifica Arts Centre is a home base for Pacific art, culture and community in Waitakere. Established in the late 1980’s the centre’s vision is to develop and support Pacific arts and cultural projects, with a focus on Pacific heritage art practices.
www.pacificaarts.org

Te Pou Theatre is a kaupapa Māori theatre for all, located in Corban Arts Estate Centre. Embodying the literal meaning of its name ‘The Support Post’; acting as a constant and reliable presence for our performing arts community and Māori storytelling in Tāmaki Makaurau and abroad.
www.tepoutheatre.nz

Featuring new felting machinery, Liz Mitchell's Wool and Natural Fibres Textile Hub will bring innovative textile ideas to life and provide support for future education and workshops.
www.lizmitchell.co.nz

Waitākere Arts are an artist led and run community art organisation with a passion for creating and exhibiting art, both for enjoyment and for those who would like to take a more professional approach.
www.waitakerearts.com

Mind Over Manner is a charity organisation that uses the power of theatre to ignite social change in our communities. Their mission is to use creative process to introduce participants to an alternative way of understanding rangatahi who sense and learn differently, who experience anxiety, and who identify as neurodivergent - seated in Takiwātanga – in their own time and space.
www.mindovermanner.co.nz/

Uhi Tapu is an indigenous tattoo studio run by Mokonuiarangi Smith who works by hand with the traditional Maori and Polynesian hand tools known as Uhi. The work made with the tools draws on traditional and contemporary aesthetics, ancestral values and modern hygiene.

www.moko-smith.com

Red Leap is a devising theatre company, dedicated to innovating theatrical form through the intersection of dynamic physicality, arresting imagery, and inventive original storytelling.We strongly believe in the strength of collaboration to celebrate the power of the imagination.

www.redleaptheatre.co.nz

Located upstairs in the Opānuku Studio at Corban Estate Arts Centre, Atamira was founded as a collective of dance artists in 2000. One of Aotearoa | New Zealand’s leading contemporary dance companies, Atamira occupies a unique space in the arts landscape, renowned for their deep and mesmerising work.

www.atamiradance.co.nz

Māreikura Rising provides different forms of Hauora to uplift, empower and educate Wāhine and whānau by providing spaces that are safe to speak truth and share experiences, that create open and honest healing. Located downstairs in the Opānuku Building, it is accessible by entering the main Opānuku doors and continuing straight through Worksroom 1.
Māreikura Rising offers community clinics, one one-to-one private Mirimiri / Romiromi, Taiawa Steaming and Haputanga sessions, Rongoā and facilitating many different Wānanga.

www.mareikura.co.nz

Whaotapu are a collective of Tohunga Toi Ake who have been recognised and mandated by their tribes for generations. Acknowledged as traditional knowledges holders, experts, and authorities of Māori art, culture, heritage, Whaotapu are supported by mana whenua whānau, hapū, iwi, matawaka, and communities across Tāmaki Makaurau and Aotearoa, weaving people together through a kaupapa that is both transformative and enduring.

www.whaotapu.com

The church is frequently used for a variety of purposes: meetings, workshops, rehearsals, photo shoots and film shoots, parties and gatherings like christenings to name a few. The church has been deconsecrated. If wanting to use the grounds outside we require you to hire the church for the duration from set up til everything is cleaned, packed down and taken away. This way the church can be used as a wet weather option and for the bathroom and kitchen facilities and also for the chairs and tables.

CHURCH WEDDINGS
Old St Michael’s Church is a very charming setting for a smaller ceremony. Some people use the church for a ceremony and then put up their own marquee outside for their reception or they have their ceremony outside too and just use the church for a breakout space, a rain option and the bathroom and kitchen facilities. If wanting to use the grounds outside we require you to hire the church for the duration from when you begin setting up til everything is cleaned, packed down and taken away from wherever you begin first and finish last (church or grounds). The Church seats 50 people

RESOURCES
- 50 folding chairs
- 10 trestle tables
- Toilet facilities with disabled access
- White board
- Small kitchenette with a fridge, dishwasher, microwave oven and zip
- Some glassware, crockery and cutlery

OPANUKU STUDIO
Opanuku is a lovely dance studio space with a large mirror on one wall. It is light and airy with high ceilings, it has New York loft styled beams and wooden floors and is up a set of stairs. Opānuku Studio seats max 100 or 200 standing.

OPANUKU WEDDINGS
Opanuku is a lovely space for a medium sized wedding reception. There is ample scope for decoration and it has our best functional kitchen. The large frosted glass sliding doors can be open to create a feeling of more space and connection with the kitchen servery or closed to make the space more private.

RESOURCES
- 100 assorted chairs
- 10 trestle tables.
- Bathroom Facilities with disabled access
- A really good kitchen with a domestic oven, large fridge, glass and dish steriliser (everything must be washed with soap in the sink before being put through the steriliser) and some crockery, glassware and cutlery.
- There is also a service/disabled lift.

The Barrel Store is one of our most unique venues. It is a long narrowish space with great concrete and brick walls. It is frequently used for a number of purposes: Private parties, photo and film shoots and exhibitions and as a making and studio space. The Barrel Store comes as it is, has no running water or kitchen facilities. Keys can be given to the Opanuku Toilets nearby so basically everything has to be brought in for this space but it is truly awesome. It also doesn’t have much natural light, just what comes through the large old sliding barn doors. Lastly it can leak in heavy rain.

BARREL STORE WEDDINGS
The Barrel Store is popular for a more alternative styled wedding. It could seat up to 80 people banquet style in the room or more for a stand up cocktail style wedding reception. The Barrel Store comes as it is, has no running water or kitchen facilities. Keys can be given to the Opanuku Toilets nearby so basically everything has to be brought in for this space but it is truly awesome. It doesn’t have much natural light, just what comes through the large old sliding barn doors but can be lit to look fantastic.

Shed 2 is more of a rehearsal space – it has skylights so has great lighting. It still has the basketball court markings on the floor and 2 of the walls are raw framing with silver builders paper behind so it has a rustic look. It comes with:

RESOURCES
- 10 trestle tables
- 135 white plastic chairs
- Kitchenette with a fridge, domestic oven and microwave

Note: This venue is not available for weddings.

The Cellar is the old underground wine cellar and wine shop– it’s more of a function room now, it has a small bar and is used a bit for music gigs, private parties and exhibitions. It has red concrete floors, pillars and white walls. It also has a small adjoining tiered seating theatrette. It is an underground space so has no natural light at all. It seats 80 in both spaces or 45 in the function room and 30 in the theatrette.

THE CELLAR WEDDINGS
The Cellar is another interesting spot for a smaller alternative wedding celebration. It has been used for a steampunk styled wedding reception.

Resources
45 black vinyl chairs
8 small round resin tables
It has a kitchen with fridge, domestic oven, microwave and zip

Coming Soon...
The Commercial Kitchen can be hired for food preparation.
For enquiries please contact venuehire@ceac.org.nz

The Corban Heritage Room is a shared meeting room / office space available for short term and casual hire during business hours. Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm.
For enquires please email: venuehire@ceac.org.nz

The Art Room is a workspace suitable for running painting workshops. It is situated upstairs in the Opānuku building.

Projectspace is a workroom suitable for running large arts workshops. It is situated downstairs in the Opānuku Building and has french doors that open onto the laneway.

Workroom 1 is a generously sized workspace suitable for holding medium sized arts workshops. It is accessible from the main Opānuku Building entranceway.

Workroom 2 is a generously sized workspace suitable for holding medium sized arts workshops. It is accessible from the main Opānuku Building entranceway.

Studio 6 is a generously sized workspace suitable for holding medium sized arts workshops. It is located downstairs in the Opānuku Building and can be accessed from the main entranceway or from the external corner of the building.

The Kiln Room has a medium sized kiln that can be used at cost with the guidance of our onsite technician by appointment.
For enquiries please contact: venuehire@ceac.org.nz

These legal graffiti walls began as a project titled 'The Wall of Fame', circa 1996-1997.
Led by the likes of Opto, DLT, Dan Tippet the workshop featured writers such as Phat1 TMD (The Maxx Dose) and the skills that developed led to many of the artists later being commissioned to produce large-scale murals across wider Auckland in the years following.
Since then, these walls have been regularly painted by TMD and the wider graffiti scene, with regular battles held on-site each year. With the support of past Corban Estate Director Martin Sutcliffe, the walls have remained an important West Auckland landmark for emerging and established graffiti writers to express themselves.

The designated sites for public graffiti are located on the upper and lower walls only. This does not include the back of the walls on the driveway leading to the Corbans Homestead. Any graffiti painted on un-permitted areas will be buffed by the Waitakere Tag Out Trust immediately.
As there are very few legal walls in Auckland, please help us maintain this space by demonstrating mahi kotahitanga (co-operation/unity). If you are questioned by anybody while painting, please refer them to this information.

These legal graffiti walls began as a project titled 'The Wall of Fame', circa 1996-1997.
Led by the likes of Opto, DLT, Dan Tippet the workshop featured writers such as Phat1 TMD (The Maxx Dose) and the skills that developed led to many of the artists later being commissioned to produce large-scale murals across wider Auckland in the years following.
Since then, these walls have been regularly painted by TMD and the wider graffiti scene, with regular battles held on-site each year. With the support of past Corban Estate Director Martin Sutcliffe, the walls have remained an important West Auckland landmark for emerging and established graffiti writers to express themselves.

The designated sites for public graffiti are located on the upper and lower walls only. This does not include the back of the walls on the driveway leading to the Corbans Homestead. Any graffiti painted on un-permitted areas will be buffed by the Waitakere Tag Out Trust immediately.
As there are very few legal walls in Auckland, please help us maintain this space by demonstrating mahi kotahitanga (co-operation/unity). If you are questioned by anybody while painting, please refer them to this information.