This architecturally striking building is a multi-purpose space where young people and the local community can come together to perform, practise and learn the arts, express their creativity and talents, and celebrate their cultures. Te Oro boasts a large performance space that can seat up to 400 people, as well as two dance studios, various studios for carving, painting and sculpture, a recording studio and a digital suite. It also offers free or low-cost classes in digital filmmaking, visual arts, hip hop dance, theatre, audio engineering and music recording.

In 2013, Bradley Lane began in Glen Innes as a small, outdoor mural project. The event takes its name from the laneway where it all started, as four local artists endeavoured to add more colour to their community by painting walls that would otherwise have been left blank or tagged with graffiti, in the hope of encouraging the positive benefits of public art. Now in its fifth year, Bradley Lane attracts some of the best artistic talent from around New Zealand and comprises three events: the live painting of outdoor murals around the Glen Innes Town Centre, an artists’ exhibition, and artist talks at Te Oro.