Creating a Gathering Place with Fiona Gates

Pubs were built to be the centre of town. Long before they were just places for a drink, they were courthouses, meeting rooms, social hubs: the heartbeat of community life. In this episode of Give to Gain, Fiona Gates of the Harbour View Hotel shares the philosophy she and her team committed to from day one, and explores how decades of leadership, resilience and bold goal-setting shaped one of Whingaroa’s most iconic gathering place.This conversation is about creating spaces where everyone feels welcome. Because when you build a place for community to gather, you don’t just run a business, you give something back. And in return, the whole town gains.