Colombo Hall Te Hōro o Colombo

All bedrooms in Colombo Hall are fully-furnished large 'comfort' single private rooms. Each has a window that can be opened, and a secure lockable door.

Each room includes:

• a king single bed and mattress
• drawers
• wardrobe
• desk, chair and desk lamp
• shelf, mirror and rubbish bin
• carpet and curtains
• heater.

You will be supplied with a crockery and cutlery starter pack which includes:

• dinner plate, side plate and cereal bowl
• coffee mug and water tumbler
• knife, fork, spoon and teaspoon.

Items you should bring

Along with clothing and personal items, you should also bring:

• toiletries and toiletry bag
• your own bedding and towel (or you can buy a pack containing these items on arrival)
• coat hangers
• laundry detergent
• 3M hooks/tape or white tac, if you wish to hang anything on your wall (no tape, nails, screws or blu tac allowed).

You may also choose to bring a small fridge, no larger than 45L, which must be put on a waterproof mat.

Bathrooms

The hall has shared gender neutral bathrooms with showers, toilets and sinks on each floor. There is one bathroom for every four students. Bathrooms have shower cubicles with lockable doors.

Colombo Hall is catered. The meal plan offers you two meals daily - lunch and dinner Monday to Friday, and brunch and dinner at weekends. Brunch 10am – 1pm, lunch 11am – 1.30pm and dinner 5pm – 7.30pm.

Students use their student ID card to receive meals, which are served at the communal Student Centre Dining Hall on the main concourse, or can be taken away.

The dining hall offers a diverse range of food choices that change daily.

Food4Me App

Our Food4Me App allows students to view the menu up to seven days in advance, see dietary and allergy information, make orders, leave feedback on meals and respond to polls.

Communal spaces and shared facilities

Colombo Hall has a common lounge with TV, couches, games and two kitchens.

Residents share a laundry with washing machines and dryers.  These are free of charge to use - students supply their own detergent. Also shared is a computer lab with printers.

There is also plenty of communal outdoors space in a park-like setting.

Colombo Hall is alcohol-free in 2021. Students are not allowed to store or consume alcohol in this hall but may drink in moderation within designated areas external to the hall on set days and times.

The pricing for Colombo Hall is as follows:

Room rates include:

• two meals per day – lunch and dinner weekdays, and brunch and dinner weekends
• wifi
• laundry facilities
• electricity (residents who use more than a reasonable amount of electricity will be charged extra).

All students can pay by semester or full year. Domestic students are also able to pay by direct debit on a weekly basis.

Deposit

To secure your accommodation, you will need to pay a deposit by the date stated in your letter of offer. The deposit is $670 for a full year or $630 for one semester and includes an administration fee, a refundable bond and an activity fee.

If you need to cancel, there is a cut off date in order to secure a refund of the bond and activity fee – the administration fee is non-refundable.

These are the contract dates that payment is required for.

Your accommodation contract term must reflect your study programme – if your programme of study is full year you must apply for full year accommodation.

For an overview of Massey University's accommodation at Manawatū campus in Palmerston North, including a comparison of halls, pricing, catering, services and support see the

Manawatū accommodation overview

And, download the accommodation handbook.