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NEW ZEALAND CINEMAS - Hawkes Bay Province
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The Province of Hawkes bay is located on the east coast of
the North Island of New Zealand. It has a population of about 128,300.
Its principal towns are Hastings and Napier. Much of the early history
of the cinema was lost in the 1933 Hawkes Bay Earthquake. If any reader
can help fill in the dates or have any other information, please E-Mail
me at the address below. The cinemas in this province are:-
CLIVE (Pop: 1,017)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 200; Date
Closed Pre 1969
DANNEVIRKE (Pop: 5,513)
ARCADIA: Date Opened
Pre 1921; Seating ??; Renamed
DELUXE Pre 1952; Seating
650;
Renamed REGENT
??; Currently Operating
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 803; Date
Closed Pre 1969
HASTINGS (Pop: 58,495)
ARCADIA: Date Opened
Pre 1933; Seating ??; Dated
Closed 1935 (Destroyed by fire)
COSY: Date Opened
1931-1935; Renamed EMBASSY
Pre 1957; Seating 917; Date
Closed
1980-1985
EVERYBODYS: Date Opened
Pre 1917; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1956
KINGS: Date Opened
18 July 1910; Seating ??; Date
Closed 1919
MUNICIPAL: Date Opened
October 1915; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1969
PRINCESS: Date Opened
1910; Seating ??; Date Closed
1915
REGENT: Date Opened
1933; Seating 755; Date Closed
c.1970s
STATE: Date Opened
1931-1935; Seating 662; Date
Closed November-December 1995
WESTEND: Date Opened
Pre 1969; Seating 674; Date
Closed 28 March 1992; Date Reopened
14 May 1993; Date Closed
November-December 1995
VILLAGE 4-PLEX: Date Opened
c.20 November 1995; Seating ??;
Currently Operating
HAUMOANA TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 250; Date Closed
Pre 1969
MAHIA BEACH TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 250; Date Closed
Pre 1969
NAPIER (Pop: 54,298)
CENTURY: Date Opened
Pre 1986; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
DOWNTOWN 4-PLEX: Date Opened
22 December 1995; Seating 1 153,
2 198, 3 162, 4 214;
Currently Operating
EMPIRE: Date Opened
Pre 1933; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1956
EVERYBODYS: Date Opened
Pre 1924; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1956
GAIETY: Date Opened
1933; Renamed ODEON
c.1958; Seating 810; Date
Closed c.1986
MAYFAIR: Date Opened
Pre 1936; Seating 591; Date
Closed Pre 1969
PLAZA: Date Opened
Pre 1936; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1969
STATE: Date Opened
1933; Seating 705; Renamed
STATE TWIN 17 April 1992;
Currently
Operating (??)
NUHAKA REGENT:
Date Opened Pre 1925; Seating
300; Date Closed Pre 1969
ONGAONGA CINEMA:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
185; Date Closed Pre 1969
OTANE VILLAGE
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
120; Date Closed Pre 1969
PORANGAHAU (Pop: 469)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1925; Seating 200; Date
Closed Pre 1969
PUKETIRI TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1970;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
60; Date Closed Pre 1980
RAUPUNGA KIA
ORA: Date Opened Pre 1952;
Seating 180; Date Closed
1969
TAKAPAU TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1925;
Seating 250; Date Closed
Pre 1969
TARADALE TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 290; Renamed
PREMIER ??; Date
Closed Pre 1969
TE AUTE COLLEGE
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
250; Date Closed Pre 1969
TE HAUKE PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
120; Date Closed Pre 1969
TUAI TOWN HALL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
266; Date Closed Pre 1969
WAIMARAMA (Pop: 813)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
180; Date Closed Pre 1969
WAIPAWA (Pop: 1,710)
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 440; Date
Closed Pre 19969
WAIPUKURAU (Pop: 4,001)
CIVIC: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 733; Currently
Operating
WAIROA (Pop: 5,008)
GAIETY: Date Opened
Pre 1936; Seating 950; Date
Closed Pre 1969
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1952; Seating 605; Date
Closed 1992-1995
WOODVILLE (Pop: 4,567)
ALEXANDRA HALL: Date Opened
October 1897; Renamed PALACE
1914; Renamed COSY
1935; Seating 421;
Date Closed June 1966
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© Library
of Cinema Research Data 1998
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Bradley Knewstubb 1998 E-mail: Cinemania@xtra.co.nz
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