The Ship is tucked away on the water’s edge of Cox’s Bay, surrounded by large pohutukawa. It's an ideal venue for events.
You may have driven past many times without noticing the Hawke Sea Scouts hall, which has a prime waterfront position overlooking Cox’s Bay. It has been there for almost 100 years and five years ago the building was extensively renovated and renamed ‘The Ship’.
The renovations include a high-quality audio video suite, acoustic, fibre broadband, heat pumps and a commercial kitchen (all caterers will love it). The Ship has become a great hire venue for business events (workshops, seminars, strategy day and training events) when you need a setting with more character and wow factor. It’s easy to get to, has disabled access and a large council carpark.
On weekends, The Ship can also be rented for a special birthday celebration, cocktail party, private lunch or dinner for up to 100 people. It is a byo and self-catered facility offering great flexibility.
All venue enquiries and bookings are handled by a professional property management company on behalf of Hawke Sea Scouts and optional hire services such as tablecloths hire, post function tidy up are available to corporate clients. Check out the walk through You Tube video and floor plan on http://www.hawke.org.nz/home/hall-rentals and feel free to contact Sandie directly for an enquiry.
This is a very special venue with character and a maritime flair, in a beautiful location, guaranteed to impress and gives a wow factor. Here are some of the testimonials The Ship has received:
Hi Sandie, yesterday went well - it is a fantastic facility with great, easy-to-use AV. Would love to use it again and will recommend to the wider TVNZ peeps - all tidied up and all rubbish gone. L.H.
Thank you so much for the use of the ship yesterday - what a fabulous venue, many of the people at the event hadn’t seen it before and were very impressed so I’m sure lots more bookings will be coming your way! J.O.
I just want to let you know that the family were very happy with the venue for their loved one’s memorial service. We were all impressed with the cleanliness, AV equipment, modern bathroom facilities and well-equipped kitchen. The view of course was a bonus! We will certainly recommend this as a venue to families in future. M.M.
THE SHIP, 55 West End Road, Herne Bay, Sandie Casano, The Ship Venue Manager, T: 021 352 670, E: sandie@catalise.co.nz,