Mairangi Arts Centre - Auckland City, New Zealand

Mairangi Arts Centre (MAC) was initiated several years after a group of East Coast Bays residents saw the need for an arts centre in their area. Opened in May 1991, after more than ten years of fundraising, the main gallery, café and office area are housed in the old Mairangi War Memorial Hall (opened 1953). The building ,once used as the headquarters for a local soccer club, after extensive refurbishment, was transformed into a light and spacious environment.