Madill  House  community  Centre  Tuakau
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Madill  house  community centre,  was   donated  in 1914  by the  Madill  family  for the  community of Tuakau  to use as  Library, community hall, sports grounds,  Bowling club, croquet  club, and  for the enjoyment  of the  community. The trust deed  in place  is managed  by Tuakau  Rotary club members  as  trustees, and  the land and buildings  can never  be sold  under the terms of the original  1914  Trust deed.

In 1924  Tuakau  Bowling club proceded  with  development of  a bowling greens  and club room extensions, and the  grand opening was  1927as  per  the  plaque  on the wall.  From 1927  to  2012 it  operated   only as   a  bowling club and part of the  land [ 3 metres  wide] is  still owned  by   Tuakau Bowling club Inc  club. Over the years   extensions  and alterations  were made to the buildings  to make it  suitable  for the intended  use,  the most recent being the toilet  block  with showers  completed in 2011/2012.

  The Tuakau bowling  went into  recess  due to  old age of members in 2011 and  the premises  were largely unused. Tuakau  Rotary  took over management  under a contract  for 20 years  in 2013  to  return  the premises and grounds  to the use of the  community of Tuakau, and  pay off  debts.  The Tuakau  Bowling  Club Inc  still exists  with a revived  small group of  members  who  use the   location for practice and are helping  Tuakau Rotary  development of the  bowling  grounds  back to  expectation.


Tuakau  Rotary members and  the community   undertook  extensive  cleaning , painting,  refurbishing,  repairs, maintenance, and  with the  help  of  donations  of   carpets, vacuum cleaners, paint,  toiletries , hygiene supplies, plumbing  services, electrical services, locksmith services, lawn mowing, fence  building,  refridgerators,  heaters, chairs, tables, bar  servicing equipment and testing, and  many hours of volunteer  work  have returned  Madill house  to the purposes of the original  trust deed for the use of  the community  of  Tuakau  & districts  as  a hall for hire, grounds for sports, and   much more.

The premises  has full  Building  fire and safety  certification,  Food licence  , Auckland  City Health  licence  with evacuation schemes, and is tested  for  public  safety  monthly, 6 monthly and annually, The  Waikato District Council  regulations and licences  are fully complied with.


Use  of the premises  is by  donation,  being  for Community groups  , and family events  $150  per evening  or day event.  Mattrasses  are  available  at  $2.50  each  per night   we  have  a total of  20  mattrasses or  $50  per night    Children  under  13  are free  and   childrens  birthday  parties  for under  5  are  only  $100  for the  day.  Regular  users  can pay a monthly fee  for use as agreed at time of booking.  Donations   are welcome   and can be paid  into the   collection tin  provided. All  events, bookings are pre paid and  direct credit can be made  to the  special   donation account     060 469 0830458 00  with details  of your reason for the donation, and charity  status  tax  receipts  will be issued.  [for more details  contact  Richard  0274720410,  or  email ; Richard@geewiz.co.nz.  all users  must remove  all rubbish.
We do  not accept  21st birthdays,  18th  birthdays, and   selective  events  that  may  cause risk and  damage. No  smoking  and  no drugs   on the premises
​bookings  ;
bookings@madillhousetuakau.org

The   hall  has  two rooms  registered for 124  people,  a  kitchen, a  full  service bar and chillers,  magnificent toilets and showers,  easy to clean floors  with  equipment  supplied,  chairs,  tables,  cutlery,  crockery,  WIFI   access,  TV  with  access to  Free view  channels,  DVD player,   the two rooms  can  be  separated  by curtains,   the grounds  are  available  for  full use for games and  exercise,  [  please  consider our  neighbours  with  noise] Storage  is available  for use of regular users inside  the hall and  in the garages.  

Future  development  underway plans  included the  installation  of a  outdoor gym  for community use, a revamp of the  hangi pit area  to add   shade  screens,  gas  Hangi, and  tables and chairs, and the  plans for the garages  are to be  converted into a  Mens shed area  for  parents  to teach  their  kids   how to use   tools and make  things.  The  external  fences  will  be  replaced  with  wooden  fences and  planter boxes,  more planting of  trees, and  development  of the bowling greens,  a  Pitanque  pitch,  perhaps  croquet,  perhaps lawn tennis, and  much more to make  Madill  house  a community centre  everyone enjoys and uses.  Inside  carpet  will replace  the existing  flooring  lino and    equipment  will  be replaced.

No  funding  comes from  WDC   the  centre is  totally reliant  on donations  from hire, and  managed by  Friends  of  Madill  community  group  for  Tuakau Rotary  club  Madill  committee,  under agreement  to  Tuakau bowling club and  Madill  founding trust, and the current members of the Madill   family , to  develop  the site and buildings  from those funds and  donations  made.

Thank  you  for  using  Madill  house  community centre and helping keep a well loved  community facility  in use for the community.

Bookings welcome.;  
bookings@madillhousetuakau.org








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