Vogelmorn Precinct

community services — Brooklyn · Wellington

About Vogelmorn Precinct

Vogelmorn is a community-led charitable precinct on Mornington Road in Brooklyn, Wellington. It occupies the former Vogelmorn Bowling Club, which was established in 1947 and closed in 2014 because of declining membership. Since 2015, a volunteer trust has turned the clubhouse and hall into a community space with a bar, restaurant and cafe, and it hosts hundreds of events each year.

The precinct offers affordable spaces to artists, performers, community groups and local businesses. It is governed by the Vogelmorn Community Group, a volunteer charitable trust, which owns the former clubhouse and manages the hall and green on behalf of Wellington City Council. The trust says it aims to be welcoming and encourages a wide range of uses. Accessibility is mixed: the bowling club building is not wheelchair accessible, and the hall is wheelchair accessible but has no accessible bathroom. The site invites people with accessibility questions to get in touch before a visit. The precinct grew out of a community effort that began with workshops and a 2015 social enterprise award that helped fund a commercial kitchen upgrade.