The Duncan Pavilion

Its a dodecagon (12 sided shape) - how cool is that?!

Sitting in isolation facing the West Coast sea in Te Kaihau-o-Kupe / Castlecliff this unique and iconic building is managed by Progress Castlecliff.

Bookings have included birthdays (many many birthdays), business meetings, group Annual General Meetings, family events, dance parties, group formal dinners, multi band gigs (recently hosting A Low Hum, annually Neil Roberts Day by Up The Punks), film studio (TVNZ 2025 Matariki broadcast), weddings, popup sales events, schools, marae style sleeping for sports teams and even just private sunset dinners for 2!

Internally it features approx 120m2 total space featuring a small entrance hall, disability toilet, modern galley kitchen and the main 90m2 room with windows on 6 sides and french doors opening onto a 30m2 verandah deck wrapping around the 4 ocean facing sides. It includes 10 tables (180x75cm) and 65 white moulded chairs and good free wi-fi. Chargable extras are crockery & cutlery (not glasses) approx 30 people. Externally it has a wheelchair access ramp, abundant free parking and underneath public M+F public toilets & changing rooms with cold showers (downstairs public toilets close 8:30pm but we can arrange late access if the single upstairs toilet is insufficient for larger events)

Available 6am-midnight every day. Bookable hourly, min 2hrs weekdays, 4 hours Mon-Thurs evenings, 6 hours Fri-Sun evenings.

A video walkthru on accessing and using The Duncan Pavilion is here... https://youtu.be/9kKcLUAj1Q0?si=5FftWEC9U6votPrM