Room Hire Bookings
for the Rudolf Steiner Centre, 401 Whitehead Road, Hastings
Several Rooms at the Centre may be booked for Meetings, Gatherings, Events, Lectures, Talks, Classes, Lessons, Artistic sessions for both adults and children.
- The largest room, the Main Room, is about 100 m2,
which will seat over 50 adults, but is also a good space for movment activities.
- The Art Room is about a third that size, good for art sessions or for small group sessions. It has 3 tables for written or artistic work, chairs, a blackboard with chalk and duster, and a sink with water for washing brushes, etc.
The Consulting Room is more intimate and suitable for interviews and small meetings of 2 to 4 people.
The first schedule below is for the Main Room. The other rooms are half that price as shown in the second schedule. The schedule is based on a base hourly hire rate for the Main Room of $30 per hour (the minimum hire time) being discounted for longer sessions and sequences of sessions during a school term. All payments must be in advance, unless by specific agreement, such as a weekly Automatic bank Payment (AP) over the duration of the hire for a proportion of the hire
FIRST SCHEDULE
SECOND SCHEDULE
NEW GROUPS OR CLASSES
As an encouragement to a Group or Class that wishes to test interest in or potential for an idea, we offer a Starting rate. The Tutor or Organiser arranges for participants to pay a fee per session. The Room Hire will be 25% of the total gathered. When that becomes larger than the Scheduled rate above the Hire will revert to schedule.
If you wish to make a booking or a series of bookings, or discuss a Starting rate arrangement, please contact
the Treasurer: email- treas@anthrohb.nz or text to 022-398 2805.
Have ready information on:
- which Room(s) you wish to hire;
- the number of sessions in a termly series;
- the duration of a session;
- first and last date of a series .
Your booking will be confirmed by an Invoice for the hire.
The bookings must be paid for in advance by way of internet banking – details on Invoice.
Booking the Whole Centre
NZ$ 48.00 hourly
Terms and Conditions of Casual Hire
- Anthroposophy Hawkes Bay (AHB) acts solely as the renter of the venue.
- All external parties are required to have the qualifications and insurance for all activities that they conduct at the Rudolf Steiner Centre.
- AHB has no responsibility for injuries or loss of property.
- Please adhere to the times of your booking. Be mindful of others using the room before and after you.
- Use of kitchen facilities is for drink and food preparation and includes use of crockery and cutlery etc. The hirer must provide his/her own food and beverages, tea, coffee etc. There is a 'Smoke-free, Vape-free, alcohol-free' policy in place for the property.
- The room hired and any public area used must be left as it was found and all rubbish removed if there is no bin available in the room. All food or food waste must be removed from within the building. Council general rubbish bin can be found outside the front door and council recycling bins are located outside in porch at the west end of the building.
- Parking is limited on the property. Street parking is available but often requires a bit of a walk during office hours.
- Please exercise awareness with the use of sound; any music must be appropriate. The venue must be vacated by 11:30 pm in the evening.
- Please ensure all heating is off and windows and doors are secured and locked upon departure. If heating is found to be on after your use, you will be charged a further fee.
- Please report any problems immediately to the Committee Rental Officer: treas@anthrohb.nz
- All hirers are liable for any damage that occurs at Rudolf Steiner Centre during the time of rental and will be invoiced accordingly.
- Payment: Casual Room Hire must be paid in full before the date of hire. Invoices are sent out to all hirers at the time of booking with the Booking #.
DRB 30-9-2026
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