Devonport Community House - Devonport
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Devonport Community House
About Devonport Community House
A community tree planting day at
Shoal Bay Reserve in 1977 was the beginning of
what is now the Devonport Community House and Creche.
A two-year gestation period included surveys,
support from the old Devonport Borough Council, which included making a facility available, then
occupied by the Highland Pipe Band, the Navy, Churches, Takapuna Grammar School, and a large portion of the Community. The doors to the Community House and Creche first opened in 1979 in a building, previously the headquarters of the 15th AA Regiment, on Mt Victoria.
A huge number of people have been involved over the years, participating in activities, house roster, welcoming people to the house, serving on the committee, fundraising, supporting and generally making the Community House their own.
Special input was by Warwick Blackburn, the DBC Town Planner, Bruce McFarlane, the architect who drew up plans for the transition from army transit camp to Community House, Ian Redfern who over saw Naval Cadets with building renovations and John Raeburn, who spearheaded the structure of the House.
Devonport Primary School children were tasked with naming the House, which they aptly named Wikitoria, Maori for Victoria.
The activities of the House and Creche outgrew Wikitoria and in 1995 they relocated down the hill to their current location, previously the old Council Works depot, here at 32 Clarence Street. This was with help from the then North Shore City Council, Lotteries, ASB Community fund and the local community.
Shoal Bay Reserve in 1977 was the beginning of
what is now the Devonport Community House and Creche.
A two-year gestation period included surveys,
support from the old Devonport Borough Council, which included making a facility available, then
occupied by the Highland Pipe Band, the Navy, Churches, Takapuna Grammar School, and a large portion of the Community. The doors to the Community House and Creche first opened in 1979 in a building, previously the headquarters of the 15th AA Regiment, on Mt Victoria.
A huge number of people have been involved over the years, participating in activities, house roster, welcoming people to the house, serving on the committee, fundraising, supporting and generally making the Community House their own.
Special input was by Warwick Blackburn, the DBC Town Planner, Bruce McFarlane, the architect who drew up plans for the transition from army transit camp to Community House, Ian Redfern who over saw Naval Cadets with building renovations and John Raeburn, who spearheaded the structure of the House.
Devonport Primary School children were tasked with naming the House, which they aptly named Wikitoria, Maori for Victoria.
The activities of the House and Creche outgrew Wikitoria and in 1995 they relocated down the hill to their current location, previously the old Council Works depot, here at 32 Clarence Street. This was with help from the then North Shore City Council, Lotteries, ASB Community fund and the local community.
Contact Devonport Community House
| Address : | Devonport Community House 32 Clarence Street, Devonport, Auckland 0624, New Zealand |
| Phone : | 📞 +98 |
| Postal code : | 0624 |
| Website : | http://www.devonportcomhouse.co.nz/ |
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Lesley Duncan on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great place to get info regarding what's happening in the Devonport community.
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Nina Wichman on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Also an iconic building in Devonport lots of new things always happening
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Tali Rose on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great facility, especially the main hall for a kids birthday party.
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Madeleine de andrade De andrade on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ swap shop was amazing
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arthi shree on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Comfortable and fun environment for kids. My daughter loves to go for the school holiday programme. Kind and friendly staff. We love you guys. Wish you all the best.
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Barry on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We were part of the annual community halls ethic market which runs concurrently with the Santa Parade. Met lots of wonderful people and the assistance we recieved from the organizers was superb and their friendliness makes it so great for us as participants. This has been our 2nd year in succession to attend and hopefully we will be getting another invitation next year. Thank you for all the excellent arrangements that are done before we arrive and it only means our own setups are then done. Season Greetings to You All
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Gitta Prasser on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Tuesday evening Salsa lesson with Salsa teacher Lofty and some lovely people was absolutely awesome. Hope I have more chances for joining. That's absolute fun. Highly to recommend!!
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Godfrey Jathanna on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The lady at the reception was helpful and guided us to the restaurant /cafe which was really worthwhile money, quantity and taste wise. She guided us to the local sightseeing too.
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