Mangawhai Art Workspace

Early in 2019 Mangawhai Artists Inc fundraised to build an extension to the Mangawhai Artists Gallery, behind our existing gallery at 45 Moir St, to be known as Mangawhai Art Workspace. We thank all those in our community who supported our fundraising efforts. The building project has now commenced. Follow progress of the Workspace building on this page.
We gratefully acknowledge and thank Placemakers Mangawhai, our building partner. ​​
Thanks to Pub Charity Ltd for your support. 
We gratefully acknowledge the support of Chisholm Whitney Charitable Trust
Today the clear top coat of floor paint is being applied by volunteers Pauline Mann and Nicola Everett. Thanks also to Clare Wells and Paul Wells, our other floor painting volunteer team.
Getting the floor ready for painting. Thanks to Grant Mitchell, Clare Wells, Elena Nikolaeva, Marion Bilton, Ian McGowan and Colin Leach for helping with scraping and cleaning the floor prior to painting it. We are on the home straight now!
Wonderful progress at Mangawhai Art Workspace. Kitchen and bathroom facilities are installed. 
Four happy volunteers had a busy day painting at the new Mangawhai Art Workspace - a small but dedicated team. The block work in the toilet and the majority of the exterior block work has its sealing coat on now and the verandah soffit is undercoated- looking good. Thank you Nicola Everett, Grace Cheng and Jan Grover for giving your time. 
Work has resumed at Mangawhai Art Workspace now that we are at Level 2.
Insulation has gone in and also the wiring, and the gib has been delivered.
​Photo shows Grant Mitchell, MAI committee member, putting the insulation material in place. 
Mangawhai Art Workspace is looking good, but all is quiet while we wait till work can resume.​​


​12 February 2020. We're through! Internal doorway goes through to Gallery 
31 January 2020. Drainage, plumbing and laying down the concrete verandah slab. A big thank you to Will Griffin of Go Gas and Plumbing (www.gogasandplumbing.co.nz), Kelvin Hitchen of All Aspects Construction and  Coastal Concrete Solutions (www.coastalconcretesolutions.co.nz) for their work this week.

​26 January 2020.
​Thanks to the working bee crew at the Mangawhai Art Workspace on Sunday morning. Wood and debris have been cleared from around the extension, ready for the digger to come in and prepare the area for a concrete pad for the verandah. 
20 January, 2020. The external doors are in!
8 January 2020. Happy New Year! Its back to work and our windows are in!
​Thanks Paul Adams from Adams Installations Wellsford, and Fairview Rodney.
12 December 2019 - today the roof went on!
1 December 2019 - thanks to our team of volunteer helpers tidying the building site!
27 November 2019 - the roof structure is nearing completion.

24 November 2019 - roof trusses

Photos of progress - from May to November 2019

Our container is delivered to the site
Blessing the building site and Karakia 
A digger excavates, and then the formwork for the concrete footings is put in place. 
Update Thursday 31 October 2019:  
​Thanks to lots of work and management by Grant Mitchell and Kim Hamilton plus fantastic generosity and support by local tradespeople, the construction is moving at a cracking pace. Yesterday KDC approved progress and the concrete slab floor will be poured this morning around 10.30am.
​Preparing for the concrete
Today at the building site for Mangawhai Artists Workspace, the foundation blockwork and slab pouring took place. The slab is now completed. We would like to thank All Sorts Construction, Coastal Concrete Ltd, Wharehine Concrete and Steve Waldron of Stone on Waldron for their efforts and support in the construction of the foundations and floor slab.
Pouring the concrete slab
The walls are going up. Stone by Waldron with Steve, Tracey, Sophie and Roger.
The walls are up!