8 September 2025
File Ref: IRC-8814
Guy Nunns
[FYI request #31794 email]
Tēnā koe Mr Nunns
Thank you for your email of 28 July 2025 to Te Kaunihera o Pōneke | Wellington City Council (the
Council), requesting the following information:
1. What was the occupancy rate of the Tākina Convention Centre for the most recent
financial year? (Please include monthly or quarterly breakdowns if available.)
2. What criteria or definition does the Council or its relevant subsidiaries use to determine
when occupancy is considered “achieved” at the Tākina Convention Centre? (E.g., is
occupancy based on number of days booked, square metres used, event attendance, or
revenue thresholds?)
3. What total revenue was generated from bookings, lettings, and associated services at the
Tākina Convention Centre during the same financial year? (Please break this down by
event type or revenue stream, if available—e.g., conferences, exhibitions, catering, room
hire.)
4. What were the original occupancy and revenue projections or forecasts for the Tākina
Convention Centre as outlined in its business case, financial model, or pre-construction
planning documents? (Please include any comparisons between forecast and actual
figures, if these have been prepared internally.)
Your request has been considered under the Local Government Of icial Information and Meetings Act
1987 (LGOIMA).
Wellington City Council has partially granted your request; some information has been refused under
section 7(2)(ii) of the LGOIMA, to protect information where the making available of the information
would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who
is the subject of the information.
However, it will take a little more time to prepare the information for release. I hope to provide you with
a response by 24 September 2025, if not sooner.
If you require further information, please contact
[Wellington City Council request email].
Nāku noa, nā
Chelsea McHugh
Senior Advisor Of icial Information
Of icial Information & Privacy
Wellington City Council