A public hall built in 1904 on section 63 for William Stace, son of Thomas Hollis Stace. Builder was George Manson. The name painted over the hall was spelt Pahautanui.
Demolished in 1966 and replaced with a new building in 1967 which was used by local clubs such as the Rifle Club. In 2003 the hall was leased to a local company and converted into a Lighthouse Cinema.
Date: [ca 1860-1914]
By: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944
Reference: PAColl-0341
Description: Photographs of various scenes: two of the convoy in Wellington Harbour in October 1914 (one from Field album VIII); the Field children outside a dilapidated house in Waikanae; a photographed captioned "mother and Peter" of two women, four children and a man in the mouth of Karori tunnel; a train passing through Te Aroha (Field album V); Auckland from the north shore (Field Album V); Sir George Grey's house at Momona Bay, Kawau (Field album IX); an excursion train meeting a river boat (Field Album XV); a house next to a small lake captioned New Plymouth (Field album IX); two of the visit by the Duke and Duchess of York in 1901 (one from Field Album VI); Mrs Edward and her mother on the verandah of their house in Khandallah; a post card of the station at Manakau; farm horses in harness eating at a trough (Field Album XV); Maori men, women and children around a meeting house for a tangi in Manaia, Coromandel - above the door is written Rahera Titia (Field Album V); Hot Springs Hotel beside the lake at Waiwera (Field Album V); looking down the Waimakariri from what is now Glacier Hotel at an old homestead and two of Mitre Peak and Milford Sound (stuck to the same piece of card Field Album IX); large two storey house (Field Album XVIII); and a panorama of Dunedin showing Rattray Street in the foreground and the wharves behind (Field Album VIII). Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-115913 to 115936 Quantity: 42 b&w original negative(s). 25 b&w original photographic print(s).
Date: [1911]
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944: Assorted photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0341-01
Description: A view of Pauatahanui showing the inlets and the `Pahautanui Assembly Hall' and used as a postcard. Photograph taken circa 1911 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - centre left - Very best wishes for the New Year from Mr & Mrs G Gray; Verso - centre right - Mr & Mrs W.H. Field 27 The Terrace Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print 8.6 x 13.7 cm