Pōneke Club Rooms

Project Type: Mixed-Use & Existing Building renewal
Client: Pōneke Rugby Football Club
Location: Kilbirnie, Wellington
Status: Completed

The Poneke clubrooms project involved the refurbishment of the existing ruby club buildings to form the Toitu Poneke Community sports Hub.  A re-invented multi-purpose Sports Hub club rooms and facilities, designed to cater for the wider community and club sport in Wellington’s east.  The existing training room was replaced to provide a new modern indoor training room, with the existing changing facilities upgraded and extended. A new community room area with an external deck linking to the clubroom, providing a vantage point which to view the activities taking place on Kilbirnie Park. A new entrance to the building on Kilbirnie Crescent, flanked by the existing Pohutukawa trees, defines the access point the building, while providing improved rationalized circulation to the building and a welcoming space for all the new sports clubs that now use Toitu Poneke.

Such has been the success of the transformation from a rugby club that was struggling to financially support its building to a true community hub it has become a recognised exemplar model around New Zealand. The club is currently progressing with a further investment with modernisation of the changing rooms to provide a facility that will equally support male and female sports teams using Kilbirnie Park.