'The Orange' Hits Town With New, Exclusive Event Space

Orange Productions Limited have added a new, and third venue to their exclusive management of Orakei Bay and The Wharf – Orange. This is a major step forward for this company, in snapping up this fabulous heritage building with all mod cons near the centre of Auckland city. The Orange is a modern, architecturally and uniquely designed complex, with a classic touch of history. The renowned Orange Coronation Hall stands proudly amongst several modern spaces, which wrap around this original structure. This new building offers so many options and is extremely diverse.

Situated at 147 Newton Road, Eden Terrace in Auckland, the Orange is a multi-level, historic events and entertainment centre. This iconic building was once the city’s number one ‘party spot’ and was immortalized in the 1958 Peter Cape song, Down the Hall on Saturday Night. In its heyday in the 1940s, the dance hall was packed, with queues stretching down Newton Rd, an elegant and historical reprieve from the hustle and bustle of the city, The Orange is just minutes from the CBD, and with three event spaces that can be combined and configured to your needs, there's no end to the possibilities for any event. Whether you’re hosting a corporate function, birthday bash, cocktail engagement party, wedding ceremony or reception, or staff Christmas party, their idyllic and perfectly positioned venue centre offers everything required to ensure every event is a success. The Orange professional event and wedding planning team specialise in creating and coordinating memorable and unique functions, while their passionate culinary team of experienced restaurant chefs create innovative cuisine inspired by the seasons.

People are always looking for that new ‘special space’ for the latest event, and The Orange certainly ticks all the boxes. An elegant and historical reprieve from the hustle and bustle of the city, The Orange is perfectly positioned in a central location, just two minutes along Upper Queen Street from Auckland CBD. Offering three unique and thoughtfully designed event spaces that can be combined and configured to your needs, The Orange offers endless possibilities for that private function, corporate event, or wedding ceremony and reception. People can choose from one or a combination of The Orange’s three sophisticated function venues, including The Ballroom, Supper Room and Boardroom– and enlist the help of their professional event planning and management team to create an unforgettable occasion. They can theme and decorate any function venue to their client’s specifications, and suggest ideas to create wow-factor and delight their guests.

The icing on the cake of their function venues in Auckland is their talented and passionate team of experienced restaurant chefs. Skilled in designing delicious dining and catering options inspired by local, seasonal ingredients, their catering partners at Collective offer bespoke tailored menus to match their clients’ dining preferences and to suit the needs of guests with dietary requirements.

The Ballroom:

The Ballroom is a large versatile space offering the opportunity to suit your event needs, while also boasting the historic brickwork walls and exposed wooden beams in the open roof.

This space, featuring significant French windows that span the entire length of the room, ensures not just natural light but access to a stunning courtyard. The original wooden floor is also a sprung dancefloor.

The Ballroom is the perfect space for you to host lunches, dinners, cocktail parties, weddings and memorial services.

The Boardroom

The Boardroom is an intimate and tranquil space with high ceilings and views back into the Ballroom

A wonderfully intimate space, with soft lighting that fill the room with a sense of calm and tranquility.

The Boardroom is the perfect venue for meetings, break outs, team building, cocktails and intimate banquet dining or wedding receptions.

The Supper room

The supper room is our casual entertainment space available for relaxation and fun. Ideal for pre dinner drinks or post dinner dancing.

The Supper Room is the ultimate casual party venue; from cool, calm and relaxed social events for staff parties to those with a little more zest and excitement.

The perfect space to hold after work drinks, staff social functions and team-building days through to birthday parties of all kinds.

Catering

Our Auckland catering company will delight your guests.

When people look back on events they remember three key things: the reason for the celebration, the venue, and the cuisine. There’s truth to the old adage that food is the way to a person’s heart – and great cuisine has the ability to add a certain sparkle to your function.

The Orange’s Auckland catering company – Collective – offers a team of experienced restaurant chefs, well-versed in creating innovative and delectable fine dining and catering options inspired by the seasons.

Established to put the confidence back into private and corporate catering in New Zealand, Collective delivers a comprehensive, professional and holistic hospitality experience, encompassing bespoke catering and dedicated service.

All The Orange event dishes created by the talented team at Collective Auckland catering company incorporate the best seasonal and, where possible, local ingredients – moulded into spectacular dishes with skill and heartfelt flair.

Defining a new culinary standard for events, Collective also offers tailored menus for guests with special requests and dietary requirements. Whether you want to theme your cuisine to match the tone of your corporate event, birthday party or wedding reception – or you’re catering for the needs of vegetarians, vegans, or those with gluten intolerances – our skilled chefs can design an inventive and enchanting menu to suit.

Call our friendly catering team any time to discuss your event or arrange a tasting.