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VICTORIA GLENFERRIE: Despite initial
council approval, plans to open a
ALBERT PARK: The former Dux cinema complex in the old Glen
Theatre, up for auction again as Theatre building raised objections from
recently as June 8, has had an local residents over noise, parking and
application for its demolition and traffic concerns. These issues and the
replacement with 6 dwellings refused council’s refusal for an outdoor screen
by council. A VCAT appeal is pending. have been before a VCAT appeal.
CHARLTON: The Rex Theatre CHRISTCHURCH
(1938) remains boarded up six months
after the devastating floods swamped
the town. Restoration has been heeded EARTHQUAKE
by an oversight in obtaining insurance.
On-going fundraising efforts are hoped hristchurch could get at least one
to enable a re-opening by Christmas. Cnew suburban cinema complex to
make up for those lost in the Canterbury
MELBOURNE: Built out of the
earthquakes.
(1965) Waltons Department store, the
former Village City Centre which Cinema owner Rodney Cook is planning
Rear of Glent. a three-screen theatre in the south of the
housed the Village Cinema Complex
city.
and company offices from 1985 is
being sold with an expected sale price NEW ZEALAND He lost the Metro Gold Cinema near
of $100-million. Cathedral Square in the February quake
WELLINGTON: Reading and has been evicted from the Academy
and Cloisters at the damaged Arts
Cinemas have announced that they are
Centre.
moving their World Accounting Office
The Hoyts Moorhouse Ave, Reading’s
from New York to Wellington. The
The Palms cinema, the Rialto cinema
company will also install 3D at
and the Regent on Worcester have all
Invercargill and HD at Napier and
been closed since the February quake.
Rotorua, but will not renew their lease
The Regent is being demolished with its
on their Hastings complex when it
landmark dome removed and roof
expires.
dismantled. It was the last of nine
RANGIORA: The Regent is now cinemas in Cathedral Square.
open again after repairs were completed Owner Phillip Carter is keen to rebuild
OFFICER: A multi-screen cinema due to last September’s earthquake. on the site, but said the form and use of
complex is hoped to be developed in a Surprisingly the Council owned the new building would depend on the
new $30-million shopping and council building suffered no damage in the new city plan.
administration centre for a site near the February quake and lease holder Pat Hoyts Riccarton has been reduced from
Officer Railway station. Walsh is back in business. Closure also seven to five screens and re-opened on
allowed Pat to do some improvements March 19 as did their Northlands
CAMBERWELL: Village operation. Hoyts Moorehouse suffered
which will be of benefit to patrons.
introduced Gold Class to their Rivoli significant damage and is unlikely to re-
Cinemas from Thursday 9th of June. PALMERSTON NORTH: open.
Downtown Cinemas have put on hold
BAIRNSDALE: The 3-screen The Rialto is now effectively closed,
development of their new cinema with staff made redundant, and a
Cinema Centre has been renamed Sun
complex at Paraparaumu after question mark hanging over its future.
Cinema Bairnsdale since its recent
existing retailers objected to a candy-
take-over by Michael Smith (of the Sun Due to after-shocks on June 13, Reading
bar for the cinemas saying the selling Cinemas had no date for reopening their
Theatre at Yarraville) and Anthony
of drinks and ice-cream would take cinema at The Palms Shopping Centre.
Madigan.
away their business. They had been unable to access the
building, but despite the known damage,
believe it is all repairable.
Former Rialto Christchurch manager
CONTRIBUTORS:
John Hunter has started a new company
Colin Flint; Craig Cahill; Tony Froude;
il Piccalo Cinema to screen art-house
Roderick Smith; Mike Trickett; David
films at Lincoln University and is
Kilderry; Alan Webb; Brian Hunt;
looking for a space in the city centre to
Ian Williams; David Lascelles;
screen more films.
Kevin Adams and others.
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