The Upper Room
Events Venue
Kaikōura’s Upper Room offers a versatile room, with a breath-taking view of the Kaikōura Ranges. This site is ideally situated for your wedding, conference, or corporate event requirements. Managed by St Paul's Presbyterian church, the Upper Room is intended to serve our local community.
The Upper Room offers a large, modern conference room; second-story balcony overlooking the sea, a fully equipped sound system and catering facilities. The on-site kitchenette is well-equipped for catering a full reception or serving coffee, tea and refreshments. There are many fine Kaikōura caters if you wish to engage someone to do the catering.
Centrally positioned, near the Kaikōura I-Site, with a spacious open floor plan, the site is ideal for a variety of purposes.
Capacity: 150 people and if seated at tables 80/100 people. It is perfect for both small and large events. Pricing is available for hourly use, half day use (up to 4 hours) or full day use (up to 8 hours).
Suitable for: Business events, Conferences, Meetings, Weddings, funeral ceremonies, etc.
Contact: Julie Syme Ph 3195059 Cell Ph 0210323438 Email [email protected]
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The Upper Room -
completed and commissioned March, 2021
Parishioners were blown away by the new Upper Room, the St Paul’s Presbyterian Hall at 98 West End.
Melville Syme and Marie Davidson officially cut the ribbon for the opening on Saturday.
Contractors, officials and parishioners attended the formal event before it was opened to the public.
Visitors from other parishes attended the Sunday Mass, held in the new facility with a limited 100 person capacity.
“It was lovely to see what we designed be turned into a building that is working,” Parish Reverend Martin Harrison said.
“The acoustics were delightful, the layout was good, things worked the way we thought they were going too and we were wrapped.”
The church community had wanted to rebuild the venue for more than 50 years but often decided it was too difficult.
Construction began in Spring 2020 after the previous Sunday School Building was red-stickered from the 2016 earthquake.
The damage and insurance pay-out gave the impetus to build a new hall.
“People from further afield who weren’t involved in the journey said it was a good news story with imaginative thinking for our local people who were involved in the story they said “wow, we have finally got to this point.
Community groups and individuals have already started to book the space for functions.
“The construction was a combination of a whole lot of people doing a whole lot of work and it is a good result and we look forward to the community using it,” Martin Harrison said.
Melville Syme and Marie Davidson officially cut the ribbon for the opening on Saturday.
Contractors, officials and parishioners attended the formal event before it was opened to the public.
Visitors from other parishes attended the Sunday Mass, held in the new facility with a limited 100 person capacity.
“It was lovely to see what we designed be turned into a building that is working,” Parish Reverend Martin Harrison said.
“The acoustics were delightful, the layout was good, things worked the way we thought they were going too and we were wrapped.”
The church community had wanted to rebuild the venue for more than 50 years but often decided it was too difficult.
Construction began in Spring 2020 after the previous Sunday School Building was red-stickered from the 2016 earthquake.
The damage and insurance pay-out gave the impetus to build a new hall.
“People from further afield who weren’t involved in the journey said it was a good news story with imaginative thinking for our local people who were involved in the story they said “wow, we have finally got to this point.
Community groups and individuals have already started to book the space for functions.
“The construction was a combination of a whole lot of people doing a whole lot of work and it is a good result and we look forward to the community using it,” Martin Harrison said.