The Aotea Centre is a performing arts venue on Aotea Square, Queen Street, in the Auckland CBD. It holds two theatres: the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, with more than 2,000 seats, inside the main building, and the 186-seat Herald Theatre on the northern side. Its programme covers classical music, opera, theatre, comedy, dance, kapa haka, cabaret, film, talks, festivals and family shows, and it runs a school holiday festival with free and ticketed events for young children.
Doors open 60 minutes before events on Saturdays and Sundays, and 90 minutes before a performance at either theatre. The Aotea Box Office is open Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm. Ticketmaster is on 0800 111 999. For parking, the Civic car park is the nearby option. The northern entrance on Mayoral Drive is now exit-only, so drivers use the Greys Avenue entrance. Cash is no longer taken at Auckland Transport car parks, so payment is made by prepaying at the machines or through the AT Park app. The site says there is no internet in the underground car park, so the session should be finished in the app before going in. Taxi and Uber drop-off is on Myers Street, where the top of Myers Lane is closed for construction.