Our Purpose

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We are the kaitiaki of community facilities. We care for and optimise our facilities to create value for Tauranga City and enhance the quality of life of its people, now and into the future.

Our Vision

Enriching Tauranga for everyone.

Principles & Values

At Bay Venues, we've summed up our common beliefs in a set of guiding principles and core values. These underpin our organisation and reflect the behaviours that shape how we work with each other, and how we interact at every touch point with our customers and community partners. They guide the way we work and we try hard to live these principles and values every day.

Guiding principles

We strive for efficiency and operational excellence
We are customer-centric
We exercise commercial disciplines at all times
We make innovative, robust decisions based on quality information
We live our values

CUSTOMER CRAZY

Respect – Engage – Invigorate
Desire for excellence will invigorate and engage our customers and community. Approach everything you do with mad passion, obsession for detail, and professionalism.

GOT YA BACK

Teamwork – Trust – Interpersonal Savvy
United we will succeed overcoming adversity through relentless trust and support for each other. Our shared vision gives us greater power.

SMARTEN UP

Innovation – Continuous Improvement
We will open our minds to new opportunities and dare to dream. By continuously developing we will be leaders in our fields.

STRAIGHT UP

Transparency – Integrity – Communication
Integrity will earn us respect. Know yourself and your team and always be open and honest.

STEP UP

Leadership – Attitude & Motivation
Lead and learn every day. Challenge yourself and your peers in everything you do. Support, respect and reward those who deserve a big ‘thank you’.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes, we manage 12 venues that can be hired to host your next event. Visit our Find a Venue page to view them all; you can use the filter options at the top of the page to find the venue that suits you best.

We host a large range of events and regular activities at our 24 facilities. Visit our What’s On page to view them all; you can use the filter options at the top of the page to find the event/activity that suits you.

Bay Venues employees over 300 staff from a range of industries in full time, part time and casual positions. Visit our dedicated Careers Website to view our current vacancies.

We are the kaitiaki of community facilities in Tauranga Moana. Every day our dedicated team enrich the lives of residents and visitors to the City who walk through the doors of the 24 venues we manage on behalf of Tauranga City Council. View Our Brand page to see the facilities and programmes under our care.