Markets
Mystery Creek Events Centre has been a trusted venue for events since 1970.
Our modern and adaptable spaces provide a comfortable and convenient location for your next market or fair. Located just a brief 5-minute drive from the Waikato Expressway, and positioned at the heart of New Zealand's thriving 'Golden Triangle,' where over half of the country's population resides, you are likely to expect a significant influx of foot traffic.
Hosting larger events at Mystery Creek Events Centre is seamless with our array of indoor market venues such as the Pavilion, Convention Centre, Gallagher and the Bledisloe, complemented by expansive grassed outdoor spaces - Opportunities are aplenty!
With versatile indoor spaces, vast outdoor areas, and plenty free parking, we offer a seamless venue for markets of any scale.
Spaces for Markets and Fairs
Pavilion
Centre stage at Mystery Creek Events Centre, the Pavilion is a premier space for exhibitions, large machinery and industry shows, conventions and concerts.
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Convention Centre
Able to accommodate large numbers, this event space is suitable for gala dinners, conferences, exhibitions, performances, and theatre-style events. Adjoining spaces (Convention Centre Suites and the Pavilion) provide further options.
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Bledisloe
The ideal venue for hosting special family and corporate events, memorials, conferences, meetings, or product launches. The facility can also be scaled to host smaller functions in a more intimate atmosphere.
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Gallagher
The modern Gallagher building is a multi-purpose space ideal for conferences, meetings and dinners and where a breakout space is desirable.
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Green Spaces
With 114 hectares, our vast green spaces offer the ideal platform for outdoor events including heavy machinery and vehicle demonstrations, concerts and festivals, and jamboree, along with the capacity for large-scale on-site camping.
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Heritage Village
Steeped in history, the Heritage Village offers a unique outdoor environment for daytime functions, both intimate and on a larger scale.
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Mystery Creek Events Centre is at 125 Mystery Creek Road, Ōhaupō, New Zealand.
Yes! There is ample outdoor free parking available at Mystery Creek Events Centre for exhibitors and guests.
As a general rule, events that attract over 5000 visitors or stops, delays, or increases road and/or pedestrian traffic are legally required to have a registered traffic management plan. If you are unsure if you will need one, local Police may be able to offer initial advice, before being referred to a registered traffic management provider (TMP). Mystery Creek Events Centre work with several TMPs, and can refer our event clients to these services.
As a venue, Mystery Creek Events Centre is responsible for providing a safe working environment, as well as establishing and educating users on venue use protocols including those that manage hazards, and minimise risks and emergencies. As venue users you are responsible for any introduced hazards, this includes notifying us of your intent, and providing risk management processes to reduce or remove the likelihood of harm in the form of a Hazard ID.
We can provide you with our venue Hazard ID with existing hazards that you can add-to with your own event-specific details.
Items such as tables, table cloths, chairs, sofas, stage units, BBQ tables, bar leaners, whiteboards, fridges and more. A full inventory list and pricing can be provided upon request.