Capacities

Struggling to find a venue with the right capacity? We’ve made it simple. With NZ Venues, you can scroll through our entire venue collection and quickly scan capacities and seating styles. Whether you're planning an intimate gathering, a large conference, or something in between, our capacity page helps you narrow your options with confidence — saving you time and taking the guesswork out of planning.

Name Location Cocktail Dining Theatre Meeting Spaces
12 Madden Street Auckland 280 140 220 14 6
1851 Social Bar Christchurch 50 35 0 50 1
30 Waring Taylor Wellington 160 50 80 14 9
55 Cafe Auckland 100 80 50 60 2
Abel Estate Auckland 100 100 100 0 3
Ahu Ahu Beach Villas New Plymouth 100 80 0 0 1
Akarana Auckland 350 200 300 120 5
Anam Cara Gardens Wellington 120 120 120 50 1
Aotea Centre Auckland 1,000 580 2,139 376 21
Appleby House Nelson-Tasman 100 100 100 50 1
Arawa Park Hotel Rotorua 600 300 320 160 6
Ata Rangi Lodge Canterbury 200 140 140 36 1
Atrium at Tribune Hawke's Bay 250 180 0 50 1
Auckland Art Gallery Auckland 250 130 160 16 7
Auckland Town Hall Auckland 670 360 1,529 272 4
Auckland Zoo Auckland 500 350 350 130 5
AUT Event Venues Auckland 560 360 400 10 4
Awapuni Function Centre Palmerston North 800 550 700 300 9
B:HIVE Auckland 350 150 220 150 4
Backpaddock Lakes Hawke's Bay 180 180 180 180 1
Bar Franco Christchurch 100 70 40 80 2
Bay of Many Coves Resort Marlborough 0 34 0 50 1
Baylys' Farm Bay of Islands 130 130 130 130 1
Beaufords in Totara Park Auckland 150 140 100 50 1
Black Estate Winery Christchurch 100 55 90 20 2
Black Swan Lakeside Boutique Hotel Rotorua 30 30 30 10 1
Black Walnut Tauranga 100 100 0 50 1
Bolton Hotel Wellington 60 70 50 22 6
Bowen Campus Wellington 120 0 112 22 6
Bowl of Brooklands New Plymouth 350 200 350 0 1
Brackenridge Country Retreat & Spa Wellington 180 100 100 50 4
Bracu Auckland 200 160 160 12 5
BRAD'S Warehouse Auckland 506 380 0 50 2
Braemar Lodge Canterbury 200 95 100 40 3
Bridgewater Estate Auckland 140 140 70 50 2
Britomart Place Auckland 200 18 80 40 4
Broadlands Lodge Taupo 200 150 200 0 2
Butterfly Creek Auckland 200 140 150 16 3
CA Auckland Conference Centre Auckland 60 55 120 55 7
Caccia Birch House Manawatū-Whanganui 80 50 50 20 2
Camp David Gardens Auckland 160 160 0 50 1
Carlton Bar Christchurch 140 100 0 50 3
Carrington Estate Northland 150 150 100 60 1
Casa Publica Christchurch 150 40 0 50 3
Cassia Auckland 200 120 0 50 3
Central Energy Trust Arena Palmerston North 1,800 2,160 2,282 50 12
Christchurch Art Gallery Christchurch 500 300 178 50 2
Christchurch Town Hall Christchurch 450 318 2,250 237 6
Clarence Bistro Tauranga 100 100 100 22 4
Claudelands Hamilton 3,000 1,400 6,000 1,200 13
Cliffside Auckland 48 48 70 70 1
Cloudy Bay Central Otago 0 32 0 0 1
Commercial Bay Meeting and Event Suites Auckland 150 0 120 64 11
Connemara Lodge Auckland 100 80 80 50 1
Cordis, Auckland Auckland 1,000 800 1,150 12 19
Courtenay Creative Wellington 180 120 140 80 1
Crave Cafe Auckland 200 100 80 30 3
Crowne Plaza Christchurchrch Christchurch 210 130 210 62 8
Daphnes Auckland 120 80 60 50 2
Darling on Drake Auckland 400 300 90 50 6
Delamore Lodge Waiheke Island 60 60 60 60 2
Dirty Little Secret Wellington 120 90 0 50 3
Dockside Wellington 350 160 0 50 3
DoubleTree by Hilton Auckland Karaka Auckland 135 120 120 44 3
Dr Rudis Auckland 500 65 0 50 6
Dublin Bay Wanaka Wanaka 100 100 100 50 1
Duke of Marlborough Bay of Islands 300 140 100 100 6
Dunedin Airport Dunedin 0 0 50 20 3
Dunedin Centre Dunedin 1,000 550 2,135 200 6
Dunedin Chinese Garden Dunedin 120 120 100 50 3
Dunedin Public Art Gallery Dunedin 300 200 160 0 4
Eagle Ridge Tauranga 250 250 250 0 3
Eagles Nest Bay of Islands 80 50 0 0 4
East Pier Hotel Hawke's Bay 600 250 250 200 3
Energy Event Centre Rotorua 5,650 2,600 0 100 12
Erskine Chapel Wellington 100 100 70 50 3
Fabric Cafe Bistro Auckland 300 150 100 50 2
Fantail & Turtle Auckland 600 200 120 200 6
Farm House Cafe Auckland 120 120 120 50 2
Fat Eddie's Christchurch 360 120 0 50 1
Flame Bar & Grill Queenstown 100 100 0 50 3
FMG Stadium Waikato Hamilton 300 250 350 12 8
Forsyth Barr Stadium Dunedin 3,800 1,000 2,500 374 8
Forum North Whangarei 500 300 400 0 6
Furneaux Lodge Marlborough 100 100 0 50 1
Gails of Tamahere Hamilton 300 200 200 0 5
Gather Eatery Auckland 100 100 100 50 1
Glasshouse Auckland 300 160 100 0 1
Glasshouse at Aotea Farm Auckland 120 120 120 120 2
Glendhu Station Wanaka 200 160 0 50 2
Glenfalloch Garden Dunedin 200 100 0 0 2
Grand Millennium Auckland 1,000 550 800 440 22
Great Hall Christchurch 250 138 217 120 1
Greenhill Lodge Hawke's Bay 100 100 100 50 1
Haere-Roa Christchurch 650 220 327 150 4
Hagley Oval Christchurch 280 160 250 96 5
Hamilton Gardens Hamilton 706 375 658 55 7
Hana Lodge Rotorua 50 30 30 20 1
Hapuku Lodge Marlborough 28 28 20 50 1
Harbourside Ocean Bar Grill Auckland 500 150 100 15 7
Harvest Kitchen Nelson-Tasman 160 160 160 50 1
Hastie Auckland 500 100 200 50 1
Heritage Queenstown Queenstown 250 150 200 150 6
Hilton Auckland Auckland 700 400 280 72 25
Hilton Lake Taupo Taupo 260 200 260 128 8
Holiday Inn Auckland Airport Auckland 400 350 400 50 13
Howick Historical Village Auckland 70 45 60 45 2
ilex Christchurch 180 120 140 70 4
Jet Park Hotel AKL Auckland 250 180 240 40 8
JetPark Hotel Hamilton Hamilton 200 140 200 60 4
JW Marriott Auckland Auckland 320 220 280 68 11
Karaka Pavilion Auckland 500 300 650 0 5
Kate Sheppard House Christchurch 70 40 40 40 5
Kauri Bay Auckland 250 200 180 0 3
Kong Christchurch 95 0 0 50 1
Kōtare Estate Hawke's Bay 300 200 300 50 4
Kula Muriwai Auckland 60 60 60 40 1
La Maison Auckland 120 120 120 20 2
Larcomb Vineyard Christchurch 450 250 400 50 3
LaValla Auckland 200 200 100 100 6
Liddington Gardens Bay of Islands 120 120 0 50 1
Long Bay Surf Club Auckland 100 70 0 0 1
Lookout Lodge Wanaka 124 124 124 50 1
Mangapapa Hotel Hawke's Bay 40 24 24 15 2
Markovina Auckland 300 300 300 100 1
Marlborough Events Centre Marlborough 450 250 400 36 1
Marsden Lake Resort Central Otago 200 120 220 40 2
Mechanics Bay Auckland 170 100 120 10 2
Meow Nui Wellington 700 300 400 100 2
Mercure Queenstown Resort Queenstown 120 80 80 80 3
Metita Auckland 100 72 0 50 3
Michael Fowler Centre Wellington 180 140 2,209 180 6
Mission Bay Taproom Auckland 140 90 70 0 4
Morningside Tavern Auckland 300 140 0 50 5
Mornington Taphouse Dunedin 240 240 240 50 1
MOTAT Aviation Hall Auckland 500 350 350 10 1
Movenpick Hotel Auckland Auckland 200 150 200 110 11
Moxie Restaurant Auckland 100 70 50 50 3
Mt Difficulty Central Otago 30 30 0 0 1
Mt Vernon Villa Hawke's Bay 300 200 0 50 8
Mudbrick Waiheke Island 200 130 0 0 5
Muriwai Estate Auckland 40 40 40 50 1
Museum Theatre Gallery Hawke's Bay 140 100 330 50 4
Napier Conferences & Events Hawke's Bay 450 350 350 56 7
Naumi Auckland Airport Auckland 150 120 150 70 8
Naumi Wellington Wellington 300 190 300 160 8
New Zealand Deerstalkers Association Christchurch 100 100 100 50 1
Norma Taps Auckland 150 100 100 50 1
Novotel Auckland Airport Auckland 315 200 315 180 6
Novotel Auckland Ellerslie Auckland 300 200 300 140 8
Novotel New Plymouth New Plymouth 180 140 160 96 3
Ocean Groove Cruises Auckland 50 50 0 50 1
Odettes Auckland 100 68 0 0 1
Okahu Auckland 350 200 250 0 1
Old St Paul's Wellington 0 0 460 50 1
Olveston Historic Home Dunedin 100 36 0 50 5
Omarino Estate Events Christchurch 200 200 0 50 1
Omata Estate Bay of Islands 100 100 0 50 1
Omatua Hawke's Bay 250 200 200 50 2
One New Zealand Stadium Christchurch 36,000 5,400 30,000 304 12
Onslow Auckland 200 90 0 100 4
Orakei Bay Auckland 160 160 160 0 5
Original Sin Christchurch 200 86 0 50 1
Palmy Conference Centre Palmerston North 600 350 550 15 9
Panama Square Hamilton 60 50 50 30 3
Paripuma Marlborough 100 100 0 50 1
Park Hyatt Auckland 330 170 300 80 6
Parkside Hotel and Apartments Auckland 100 80 150 35 4
Parliament Buildings Wellington 450 280 150 300 5
Peggy Gordon's New Plymouth 100 60 0 0 1
Peppers Clearwater Christchurch 200 130 150 65 5
Percy Auckland 160 150 0 20 2
Peregrine Wines Queenstown 250 250 190 20 3
Pipiri Lane Auckland 500 180 300 10 3
Plymouth International New Plymouth 100 100 100 50 1
Pompallier Mission and Printery Northland 100 0 100 50 1
Porters Boutique Hotel Hawke's Bay 80 0 70 35 3
Prince's Gate Hotel Rotorua 120 80 100 60 5
Puketutu Island Estate Auckland 350 300 300 24 5
Pullman Auckland Auckland 1,000 500 750 16 20
Putiki Estate Auckland 60 40 50 30 2
QT Auckland Auckland 200 120 70 34 6
QT Queenstown Queenstown 450 260 450 220 14
QT Wellington Wellington 180 70 90 30 7
RACE Trentham Wellington 500 300 500 0 8
Ratanui Lodge Nelson-Tasman 60 60 60 50 1
Regent of Rotorua Rotorua 100 80 40 20 4
Riverhaven Artland Auckland 150 150 150 0 1
RNZYS Auckland 900 280 300 280 8
Rosanna's Auckland 80 45 0 50 2
Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club Wellington 200 120 80 80 1
Rutherford Hotel Nelson-Tasman 700 500 700 60 10
Rydges Auckland Auckland 200 130 250 126 16
Rydges Formosa Golf Resort Auckland 220 200 280 74 7
Rydges Latimer Christchurch 400 320 400 74 15
Rydges Rotorua Rotorua 750 300 500 250 8
Rydges Wellington Wellington 250 230 230 160 9
Rydges Wellington Airport Wellington 300 160 120 80 15
Saint Alice Auckland 300 110 30 50 5
Seddon Park Hamilton 110 110 110 110 1
Settlers Country Manor Auckland 400 400 400 50 1
Shed 10 Auckland 2,000 750 1,575 640 2
Shed 6 Wellington 966 440 966 429 6
SkyBar Auckland 100 80 0 50 3
Skyline Queenstown Queenstown 450 380 380 0 4
Skyline Rotorua Rotorua 1,000 350 0 350 5
SO/ Auckland Auckland 200 110 145 81 10
Sofitel Auckland Viaduct Harbour Auckland 230 100 130 60 8
SOHO Hotel Auckland Auckland 200 149 200 50 4
Somm Auckland 200 150 0 50 6
Space on Crummer Auckland 160 85 80 0 2
Spy Valley Wine Marlborough 80 50 40 12 1
St Amand Tauranga 300 160 80 50 3
St Georges Restaurant Hawke's Bay 300 100 100 60 5
St James Theatre Wellington 290 290 1,552 200 4
St Johns Bar & Eatery Wellington 250 70 60 30 4
St Matthew-in-the-City Auckland 450 250 400 0 1
Stonebridge Canterbury 250 250 0 50 1
Suncourt Hotel Taupo 250 120 120 10 6
Taipa Beach Resort Northland 100 100 100 0 1
Tantalus Estate Waiheke Island 200 130 130 50 7
Tatum Manawatū-Whanganui 200 200 200 200 7
Tauranga Fish and Dive Club Tauranga 250 100 250 80 2
Te Karaka Lodge Waikato 60 60 20 20 2
Te Puia Rotorua 800 300 0 0 6
Teschemakers Resort Dunedin 200 120 120 80 3
Texas Events Auckland 250 250 150 50 3
The 540 Lodge Wellington 100 60 100 50 1
The Air Force Museum of NZ Christchurch 1,000 740 1,000 592 2
The Annex at 10 Madden Street Auckland 140 70 86 0 1
The Arts House Trust Auckland 150 250 90 70 4
The Bealey Quarter Christchurch 100 60 0 0 1
The Black Barn Rotorua 150 150 100 0 1
The Bog Christchurch 250 70 0 0 1
The Brit Auckland 300 140 0 50 1
The Bungalow Coastal Retreat New Plymouth 200 150 0 50 1
The Canapé Room Wellington 48 40 40 50 1
The Cellar Bar Auckland 100 0 0 50 1
The Clements Hotel Waikato 50 50 36 35 5
The Cloud Auckland 2,000 1,750 2,000 0 3
The Dome Hawke's Bay 120 100 100 50 1
The Finery Central Otago 200 130 100 50 4
The French Cafe Auckland 100 100 40 35 3
The George Christchurch 160 90 100 50 7
The Grange Auckland 300 150 0 0 8
The Grosvenor Hotel Canterbury 200 130 100 35 3
The Halswell Christchurch 100 100 0 50 1
The Hermitage Hotel Canterbury 200 200 0 50 1
The Hilltop Christchurch 125 100 100 50 1
The Historic Village Tauranga 175 120 150 104 7
The Hotel Britomart Auckland 300 110 50 20 9
The Hotel Nelson Nelson-Tasman 0 80 80 12 1
The James Homestead Whangarei 80 80 0 50 1
The Monday Room Christchurch 25 24 0 0 4
The Moraine Canterbury 300 80 70 60 6
The Officers Mess Auckland 200 160 150 0 2
The Old Bailey Wellington 200 80 0 0 3
The Old Church Hawke's Bay 200 100 200 50 1
The Opera House Wellington 130 130 1,381 50 2
The Pear Orchard Nelson-Tasman 100 35 0 50 1
The Red Barn Hamilton 200 140 120 0 2
The Rees Hotel Queenstown 60 50 70 28 4
The Rippon Hall Wanaka 375 300 250 50 2
The River House Hawke's Bay 200 200 200 50 1
The Riverhead Auckland 250 140 100 80 3
The Roxy Wellington 100 100 164 50 5
The Springs Tavern Auckland 300 225 0 50 6
The Tannery Christchurch 600 350 300 50 4
The Thistle Inn Wellington 180 120 30 20 7
The Tote Wellington 200 120 0 50 5
The Tuesday Club Auckland 100 100 70 30 2
The Venue Wanaka Wanaka 150 130 0 50 4
The Yacht Club Tauranga 350 200 250 60 4
Thirty Nine Auckland 100 100 0 50 1
Thursday Bar Auckland 60 20 0 40 1
Tiakiwai Conference Centre Wellington 250 102 200 28 9
Tides Hotel Nelson-Tasman 150 150 100 20 1
Tipapa Estate Canterbury 150 150 0 0 1
Tironui Rotorua 150 150 0 50 1
Toad Hall Nelson-Tasman 100 100 0 50 1
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum Dunedin 220 180 220 0 5
Tongariro Lodge Taupo 150 100 120 75 4
Tote on Ascot Auckland 450 200 320 100 1
TreeChurch Hamilton 100 100 100 60 3
Trinity Wharf Tauranga 400 350 200 88 8
TSB Arena Wellington 2,800 1,200 3,972 1,560 1
TSB Showplace New Plymouth 450 350 915 60 1
TSB Stadium New Plymouth 2,500 1,000 3,188 50 1
TSS Earnslaw & Walter Peak Queenstown 400 300 300 0 9
Tu Ngutu Villa Auckland 100 75 0 50 1
Tui Hills Auckland 120 100 100 60 3
Tukutuku - AUT North Shore Auckland 400 100 100 10 1
Turanga Creek Vineyard Auckland 150 120 0 100 1
Two Thumb on Manchester Christchurch 114 60 80 50 3
Tyler St Auckland 160 120 0 50 4
Vanderosa Farms Auckland 150 100 150 100 1
Vault 21 Dunedin 180 100 0 0 2
Viaduct Events Centre Auckland 2,850 1,200 2,300 1,200 12
Viaduct Yacht Club Auckland 200 90 100 50 1
Villa Vie Bay of Plenty 200 100 100 50 1
Waikaka Church Queenstown 140 100 120 50 1
Waikato Museum Hamilton 200 150 150 40 11
Wainui Auckland 200 200 200 65 4
Waipuna Estate Christchurch 100 85 0 0 1
Waipuna Hotel & Conference Centre Auckland 300 250 400 200 13
Wairakei Resort Taupo 750 500 700 20 9
Waitangi Treaty Grounds Bay of Islands 500 300 180 0 9
Waterlily Gardens Waikato 120 120 120 50 3
Wellington Zoo Wellington 150 100 120 75 4
Westend Christchurch 250 250 250 0 2
Wharfside Event Centre Auckland 410 250 250 50 1
WhatABBQ! Auckland 150 150 100 50 2
Whirinaki Whare Taonga Wellington 800 600 800 800 5
Whisky & Wood Wellington 120 120 120 0 2
Willeston Conference Centre Wellington 0 0 120 44 9
Winehouse Queenstown 250 250 0 0 2
Wither Hills Marlborough 100 100 0 50 1
Wolfbrook Arena Christchurch 4,000 2,000 8,800 1,600 2
Woodhouse Mountain Lodge Auckland 40 40 40 30 3
WQ Hotel Wellington 150 100 130 54 9
Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe Wellington 45 0 0 50 1
Yoga House Auckland 0 0 30 0 1
Zatori Nelson-Tasman 200 200 0 50 1
Zealandia Wellington 200 60 200 80 4