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NEW ZEALAND CINEMAS - Wellington Province
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The province of Wellington is located in the lower half
of the North Island and has a population is 537,100. New Zealand's first
multiplex opened in the Wellington Province city of Palmerston North in
1990.
BULLS (Pop: 1,865) TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 500; Date Closed
Pre 1969
CARTERTON (Pop: 4,168)
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1952; Seating 536; Date
Closed Pre 1969
EASTBOURNE (Pop: 4,610)
ROYAL: Date Opened
Pre 1936: Seating 496; Date
Closed 1970-1978
EKETAHUNA (Pop: 642)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 343; Date
Closed Pre 1969
FEATHERSTON (Pop: 2,264)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1936; Seating 398; Renamed
COSY 1936; Seating
398;
Renamed VILLAGE
??; Seating 398; Date Closed
1970-1980
FIELDING (Pop: 14,041)
MAJESTIC: Date Opened
Pre 1947; Seating 618; Renamed
REGENT Pre 1956; Seating 618;
Date
Closed Pre 1969 (Destroyed by fire)
TIVOLI: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 604; Renamed
CIVIC c1970; Date Closed
Pre 1980
FOXTON (Pop: 4,761) TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 750; Date Closed
1969
FOXTON BEACH SEASIDE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
220; Date Closed Pre 1980
GREYTOWN (Pop: 1,943)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
24 December 1916; Seating 492;
Date Closed Pre 1980
HAYWARD RAILWAY
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
80; Date Closed Pre 1969
HOROPITO TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1925;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1980
HUNTERVILLE (Pop: 453)
ST JAMES: Date Opened
Pre 1925; Seating 340; Date
Closed Pre 1969
KAITOKE TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
120; Date Closed Pre 1969
KAIWHAIKI TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
120; Date Closed Pre 1969
LEVIN (Pop: 19,527) DELUXE:
Date Opened Pre 1936; Seating
985; Renamed REGENT
(1st) Pre 1956; Seating 985;
Date
Closed 1983-1985 (Demolished)
REGENT (2nd): Date Opened
1983-1985; Seating ??; Currently
Operating
MANGAROA YMCA
CAMP: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
100; Date Closed Pre 1969
MANGAWEKA MAX:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1969
MANUNI KINGS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
400; Date Closed Pre 1969
MARTON (Pop: 5,335) CIVIC:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
781; Date Closed 1980-1984
PLAYERS: Date Opened c.1994;
Seating ??; Currently
Operating
MARTINBOROUGH (Pop: 1,457)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1925; Seating 350; Date
Closed Pre 1969
MASTERTON (Pop: 19,688)
COSY: Date Opened
Pre 1933; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1958
OPERA HOUSE: Date Opened Pre 1933;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1969
REGENT: Date Opened Pre 1933;
Seating 1,084; Renamed
REGENT 3-PLEX ??; Currently
Operating
STATE: Date Opened Pre 1952;
Seating 707; Date Closed
1985-1988
OHAKUNE (Pop: 1,388)
KINGS: Date Opened
Pre 1925; Seating 200; Date
Closed 1970-1980
PLAZA: Date Opened Pre 1925;
Seating 350; Date Closed
Pre 1969
OTAKI (Pop: 5,580) CIVIC:
Date Opened Pre 1925; Seating
529; Date Closed 1989-1991
PAEKAKARIKI (Pop: 1,671)
ST PETERS: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 150; Date
Closed Pre 1984
PAHIATUA (Pop: 2,720)
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1924; Seating 601; Date
Closed 1981-1982
UPSTAIRS: Date Opened c.1984;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1995
PALMERSTON NORTH (Pop: 73,860)
DELUXE: Date Opened
Pre 1933; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1956
DOWNTOWN 6-PLEX: Date Opened 16 August
1990; Seating 1 189, 2 177,
3 & 4 207;
5 159, 6 129; Increased to
DOWNTOWN 8-PLEX 1995; Seating 7 &
8 ??;
Currently Operating
METEOR: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 941; Date Closed
Pre 1969 (Demolished)
PALACE: Date Opened 1903;
Seating 856; Renamed MAYFAIR
1940s; Seating 977;
Renamed ODEON ??; Date Closed
1990-1991 (Demolished)
PARAMOUNT: Date Opened
Pre 1925; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1956
REGENT: Date Opened
1928-1931; Seating 1,579; Date
Closed August 1990
STATE: Date Opened
Pre 1936; Seating 894; Date
Closed 1990-1991
VOGUE: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 729; Date
Closed Pre 1969 (Destroyed by fire)
PARAPARAMU (Pop: 5,871)
MOVIELAND 3-PLEX: Date Opened
1994; Increased to MOVIELAND
4-PLEX Nov-Dec 1996;
Seating ??; Currently
Operating
SEASIDE: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 250; Renamed
GOLD COAST 1969-1970; Date
Closed 1971-1972
PARAPARAMU BEACH (Pop: 2,932)
MERCURY: Date Opened
Pre 1970; Seating 588; Date
Closed Pre 1980
PAREMATA TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1969
PIRINOA TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 200; Date Closed
Pre 1969
PLIMMERTON (Pop: 3,910)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1969
PONGAROA TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 160: Date Closed
Pre 1969
PORIRUA (Pop: 46,492)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1925; Seating 300; Renamed
NORTHSIDE 1984; Date Closed
Pre 1990
PUKERUA BAY (Pop: 1,220)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1969
PUTORINO VILLAGE
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1969
RAETIHI (Pop:1,166) ROYAL:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
340; Date Closed Pre 1969
SHANNON (Pop: 1,360)
RENOWN: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 470; Date
Closed 1970-1980
TAIHAPE (Pop: 2,005)
MAJESTIC: Date Opened
1917; Seating 514; Date Closed
1982-1984
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1952; Seating 454; Seating
Pre 1969
TANGIMOANA TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
100; Date Closed Pre 1969
TOKAANU (Pop: 285) TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 250; Date Closed
1969
WANGANUI (Pop: 41,097)
DUCHESS: Date Opened
Pre 1936; Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1957
EMBASSY: Date Opened
23 October 1950; Seating 1,028;
Renamed EMBASSY 3-PLEX
9 May 1994; Seating 1 235, 2
120, 3 250; Currently Operating
EVERYBODYS: Date Opened
Pre 1917; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1956
GLOBE: Date Opened
Pre 1936; Seating ??; Date
Opened Pre 1956
GRAND: Date Opened
Pre 1924; Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1956
KINGS: Date Opened
Pre 1933; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1956
MAJESTIC: Date Opened
Pre 1933; Seating 1,250; Date
Closed Pre 1984
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1933; Seating 1,264; Date
Closed 1986-1988
Wanganui Suburban Cinemas
ARAMOHO PLAZA:
Date Opened Pre 1933; Seating
742; Date Closed Pre 1969
WAVERLEY (Pop: 1,146)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 380; Date
Closed 1970-1980
WELLINGTON (Pop: 324,162)
ACADEMY: Date Opened
Pre 1984; Seating ??: Date
Closed Pre 1990
ACTION: Date Opened
Pre 1952; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1957
ANCRAFT: Date Opened Pre 1925;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1957
BRITANNIA: Date Opened Pre 1925;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1957
BRITTANIA: Date Opened Pre 1921;
Seating ??; Renamed ROXY
c.1937; Seating 496; Date
Closed 1970-1978 (Demolished)
CONTINUUM: Date Opened 10 September
1993; Seating ??; Renamed
CITY c.1995; Current
status unknown (1998)
CROWN: Date Opened Pre 1924;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1957
DELUXE: Date Opened 1924;
Seating ??; Renamed EMBASSY
1961-1965; Seating 848;
Todd-AO 70mm Added ??; Currently
operating
EMPRESS: Date Opened June 1911;
Seating 1,000; Date Closed
18 April 1928 (Demolished)
EVERYBODYS: Date Opened 1914;
Seating ??; Renanmed
REGENT c.1928; Seating
1,293;
Closed and Demolished 1972; Rebuilt as
REGENT 3-PLEX 1973;
Seating
1 474, 2 542, 3 274; Enlarged
REGENT 5-PLEX September 1995;
Seating
4 & 5 ??; Currently operating
HIS MAJESTYS: Date Opened 1914;
Seating ??; Renamed ST
JAMES c.1930; Seating 1,863;
Date Closed c.1987 (Returned to live theatre)
KINGS: Date Opened 16 November 1912;
Seating 1,252; Renamed
KINGS TWIN ??; Seating
??; Date Closed 6 June 1986
MAJESTIC: Date Opened 13 May 1929;
Seating 2,121; Date Closed
1982-1986
MIDCITY 3-PLEX: Date Opened 1987;
Seating ??; Currently
operating
NORDEN: Date Opened Pre 1933;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1957
OPERA HOUSE (also known as GRAND):
Date Opened Pre 11 May 1907; Seating
1,650; Date
Closed 1967-1969 (Returned to live theatre)
PARAMOUNT: Date Opened 4 August 1917;
Seating 425; Currently
operating
PEOPLES: Date Opened Pre 1921;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1957
PLAZA: Date Opened Pre 1936;
Seating 916; Date Closed
1983-1986
PRINCESS: Date Opened Pre 1924;
Seating 425; Date Closed
1970-1978 (Demolished)
QUEENS: Date Opened Pre 1925;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1957
RIALTO 3-PLEX: Date Opened 16 June
1995; Seating 1 170, 2
150, 3 130; Currently operating
STATE: Date Opened Pre 1936;
Seating ??; Renamed CINERAMA
(70mm added) 1967-1969;
Date Closed 25 June 1987
STRAND: Date Opened 1908;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1957
TIME: Date Opened Pre 1952;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1957
TIVOLI: Date Opened Pre 1952;
Seating 777; Date Closed
1963-1965
TUDOR: Date Opened Pre 1952;
Seating 504; Renamed
LIDO 1963-1965; Date
Closed
1982-1986
Wellington Suburban Cinemas
BROOKLYN VOGUE:
Date Opened Pre 1925; Seating
618; Date Closed 1963-1965 Reopened
as PENTHOUSE 1975-1977;
Seating ??; Currently
operating
HATAITAI WORKERS
CLUB: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
200; Date Closed Pre 1969
ISLAND BAY EMPIRE:
Date Opened Pre 1933; Seating
651; Date Closed 1963-1965
KARORI REGAL:
Date Opened Pre 1933; Seating
598; Date Closed 1967-1969
KHANDALLAH TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1957;
Seating 464; Date Closed
Pre 1969
KILBIRNIE REGENT:
Date Opened 1928-1933; Seating
1,070; Renamed KINEMA
??; Seating 1,070; Date Closed
Pre 1969
MIRAMAR CAPITOL:
Date Opened Pre 1933; Seating
??; Date Closed 1963-1965
NEWTOWN ASCOT:
Date Opened Pre 1925; Seating
685; Date Closed 1970-1978
RIVOLI: Date Opened
Pre 1936; Seating 698; Date
Closed 1965-1967
NGAIO TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1957;
Seating 400; Date Closed
Pre 1969
Wellington-Hutt Valley Cinemas
GRACEFIELD TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
100; Date Closed 1970-1980
JOHNSONVILLE EMPRESS:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
438; Date Closed 1961-1963
LOWER HUTT (Pop: 95,381)
DELUXE: Date Opened Pre 1925;
Seating 980; Date Closed
1965-1967
HOYTS 5-PLEX: Date Opened
26 March 1993; Seating ??; Currently
operating
KING GEORGE: Date Opened
Pre 1952; Seating ??; Renamed
ODEON c.1982; Date Closed
1992-1993
NAE NAE TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
510; Renamed REGENT
1963-1965; Film
Gauge 35mm; Seating
705; Date Closed 1986-1990
PETONE (Pop: 10,200)
EMPIRE: Date Opened
Pre 1933; Seating ??; Renamed
STATE 1952; Seating
910; Date Closed
Pre 1984
GRAND: Date Opened
Pre 1921; Seating 734; Date
Closed 1963-1965
LYCEUM: Date Opened
Pre 1933; Seating ??; Date
Closed Pre 1956
PALACE: Date Opened
Pre 1933; Seating 845; Date
Closed 1967-1969
STOKES VALLEY CROWN:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Seating
140; Date Closed Pre 1969
TAITA TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
650; Date Closed Pre 1969
TRENTHAM (Pop: 2,788)
YMCA HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 450; Date
Closed Pre 1969
UPPER HUTT (Pop: 35,192)
MAIDSTONE: Date Opened
Pre 1982; Seating ??; Currently
operating
MAJESTIC Date Opened
Pre 1933; Seating 485; Date
Closed 1965-1967
MAYFAIR: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 450; Date
Closed 1967-1969
WOBURN PRINCE
EDWARD: Date Opened Pre 1955;
Seating 908; Date Closed
1978-1980
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of Cinema Research Data 1998
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