Cafe
Karaka Café is located in Wharewaka Function Centre, Frank Kitts Lagoon. It is a beautiful, modern, fully licensed venue offering indoor-outdoor flow to the Wellington Waterfront or The Lagoon. This 100-seater café is open all day for casual dining and is available for private hire in the evenings.
View our cafe here:
Inside our Cafe
Outside Dining
Our talented chefs work with fresh produce and ingredients to provide a wide range of menu choices, including Māori-inspired options.
The name is derived from the karaka grove located outside Te Raukura, the name offered to us by our kaumatua Sam Jackson. The karaka grove brings with it a connection to the history and story of our ancestors. It is said that Māori bought the karaka seed on waka as they travelled to settle in Aotearoa, enabling them to harvest the karaka (orange) fruit.
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Café Winter Hours of Operation
Rāhina, Rātu, Rāapa, Rāpare, Rāmere (Mon-Fri)
Open from 7am - 4pm each day
Rāhoroi, Rātapu (Sat & Sun)
Open from 8am - 5pm each day
Summer Hours of Operation
Rāhina, Rātu, Rāapa, Rāpare, Rāmere (Mon-Fri)
Open from 7am each day
(note: During the summer season we may open late on sunny days Mon-Wed, plase call to enquire)
Rāhoroi, Rātapu (Sat & Sun)
Open from 8am
Summer Late nights
Rāapa, Rāpare, Rāmere, Ratapu (Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun) open until 9pm
Available for private events, bookings@karakacafe.co.nz enquire within or phone 04 916 8369
