Victory Community Centre

About this place

Victory Community Centre (Te puna hauora o Wairepo) is a community hub at 2 Totara Street in Toi Toi, Nelson. It grew out of community-led work in the Victory neighbourhood dating back to the early 1990s, and opened in 2007 as the Victory Community Health Centre, sharing a purpose-built facility with Victory Primary School. It was renamed Victory Community Centre in 2014, and in 2025 the organisation moved from an incorporated society to a charitable trust.

Spaces for hire

• Whare Nui / Community Hall — a large open hall. The centre lists capacity as up to 250 people standing, up to 150 seated theatre-style, and around 70-100 for workshops or training sessions. Six tables and approximately 100 chairs are available, along with a projector and screen, a sound system, kitchen facilities, accessible entry and toilets, flexible layout and curtains on request.
• Rūma Hui / Meeting Room — a medium-sized flexible room listed at up to 40 people standing, 25-30 seated theatre-style, and around 12-20 for meetings, workshops or training. Five tables and approximately 30 chairs, a screen, a whiteboard, and kitchen facilities with a servery.
• Rūma Hauora / Health Consultation Spaces — a clinical health space with access to a bed and running water.
• Ngā Rūma Tari / Office Spaces — smaller rooms for one-on-one client work or small hui.

Hire and access

Hire is tiered, with separate hourly, four-hour and eight-hour rates for government/corporate, non-profit/small business/private, and community/volunteer bookings. A bond may be charged. Because the hall is shared with the school, it is available from 3.00pm to 10.30pm on weekdays during term time, and from 7.30am to 10.30pm at weekends and during school holidays; the meeting room is available from 7.30am to 10.30pm each day. Availability for both spaces is published on online calendars, and bookings are made through a request form.

For meetings, training days and workshops, the pairing of a 150-seat theatre-style hall with projector and sound system plus a smaller breakout room covers most day-programme formats, and the community rates keep costs down for not-for-profit organisers. The term-time weekday start of 3.00pm is worth planning around for full-day events. See more Nelson venues.