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The province of Canterbury is located on the east coast of New Zealand. Its population is approximately 385,981. Two of its towns have multiplexes.
AKAROA (Pop: 1,695) GAIETY:
Date Opened 30 May 1935; Seating
200; Date Closed 1990
ALBURY PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1923;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1969
AMBERLEY (Pop: 798) ALEXANDRA:
Date Opened 20 April 1908; Renamed
TOWN HALL ??; Seating
204; Date Closed
1969-1975
ASHBURTON (Pop: 14,196)
HIS MAJESTYS: Date Opened
25 Ocober 1912; Seating ??; Renamed
ST JAMES c1934;
Seating 730; Date Closed
1969 (Demolished)
ROYAL: Date Opened
??; Renamed MAJESTIC
??; Destroyed by fire 1937;
Rebuilt and
Reopened REGENT 5
February 1954; Seating 609;
Currently operating
BELFAST EMBASSY:
Date Opened 27 April 1908; Seating
250; Renamed RON
??; Seating 250; Date Closed
1969
CAVE PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1922;
Seating ??; Date Closed Pre 1966
CHEVIOT (Pop: 1,365)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
10 July 1908; Seating 200; Date
Closed Pre 1969 (Demolished)
CHRISTCHURCH (Pop: 290,451)
ACADEMY: Date Opened
10 March 1978; Seating 229;
Currently Operating
AVON: Date Opened
15 May 1935; Seating 811; Date
Closed 10 September 1989
CASTLE: Date Opened
1906; Seating ??; Date Closed
15 April 1907 (Demolished)
CHORAL HALL: Date Opened
20 April 1908; Seating ??; Date
Closed 11 April 1912
(Demolished)
CLOISTERS: Date Opened
5 January 1996; Seating 80;
Currently Operating
COLOSSEUM: Date Opened
11 May 1908; Seating 2,286;
1 January 1915
(Demolished)
CRYSTAL PALACE: Date Opened
6 April 1918; Seating 1,086;
Renamed CARLTON
9 May 1963; Seating 824; Date
Closed 1984-1985 (Demolished)
CYCLORAMA: Date Opened
1906; Seating ??; Date Closed
15 April 1907
(Demolished)
DOWNTOWN: Date Opened
??; Seating 98; Date Closed
1994
EVERYBODYS: Date Opened
1 February 1915; Seating 1,074;
Renamed TIVOLI 25
July 1934; Seating 858; Renamed
WESTEND 28 January 1971;
Seating 548;
Date Closed 21 July 1994
GAIETY: Date Opened
1 February 1908; Seating ??;
Date Closed 23 January 1909
(Demolished)
GLOBE: Date Opened
20 May 1912; Seating 329; Date
Closed 11 December 1917
(Demolished)
GRAND: Date Opened
2 June 1913; Seating 1,021;
Renamed EMBASSY 6
June 1954;
Seating 700; Date Closed
1959 (Demolished)
HIS MAJESTYS: Date Opened
30 March 1907; Seating ??; Destroyed
by fire 20 July
1917; Rebuilt/Reopened MUNICIPAL
4 August 1928; Seating 1,320;
Renamed CIVIC
1929; Seating 1,320;
Date Closed c.1964 (Demolished)
HOYTS MOORHOUSE 8-PLEX: Date
Opened 30 April 1993; Seating
1 264, 2 237; 3
279, 4 445, 5 329, 6 199, 7
200, 8 160; Currently Operating
KINGS: Date Opened
24 March 1910; Seating 1,400;
Date Closed 29 April 1911
(Demolished)
LIBERTY: Date Opened
8 September 1917; Seating 1,239;
Renamed SAVOY 18
December 1953; Seating 1,120;
Renamed SAVOY TWIN
25 August 1977;
Seating 1 380, 2 520;
Date Closed 23 September 1993 (Demolished)
MAJESTIC: Date Opened
1 March 1930; Seating 1,398;
Date Closed August 1970
(Fire)
MAYFAIR: Date Opened
1 March 1935; Seating ??; Renamed
CINERAMA (70mm)
9 May 1963; Seating 671;
Date Closed 1984-1985 (Totally demolished
except front)
METRO: Date Opened
1989; Seating 170; Date Closed
1996
MIDCITY: Date Opened
c.5 May 1984; Seating 432; Renamed
LUMIERE June 1997;
Seating ??; Date Closed
October 1998; Reopened December 1998
Currently
Operating
OPERA HOUSE: Date Opened
23 February 1930; Seating 1,302;
Renamed ST JAMES
1930; Seating ??; Renamed
ODEON (70mm) ??;
Seating 710; Date Closed
1980-1983
QUEENS: Date Opened
31 October 1912; Seating 900;
Date Closed 1 January 1929
REGENT:
Date Opened 16 August 1930; Seating
1,577; Destroyed by Fire 1976;
Rebuilt as REGENT TWIN 18 November 1981;
Seating 1 456; 2 888;
Rebuilt as REGENT
ON WORCESTER 4-PLEX 14 December 1996;
Seating
??; Currently Operating
RIALTO 3-PLEX: Date Opened
20 September 1966; Seating 1 185,
2 165, 3 135;
Currently Operating
ROYAL (1st): Date Opened
22 June 1907; Seating ??; Date
Closed 1980
(Demolished)
ROYAL (2nd): Date Opened
12 March 1908; Seating 1,403;
Date Closed 1956
(Returned to Live Theatre)
STARLAND: Date Opened
26 May 1916; Seating 600; Date
Closed 3 August 1918
(Demolished)
STATE: Date Opened
14 June 1935; Seating (terraced) 822;
Todd AO installed ??;
Date Closed 1977
STRAND: Date Opened
5 April 1917; Seating ??; Renamed
PLAZA ??; Seating
700; Date Closed c1964 (Demolished)
Christchurch Suburban Cinemas:
ADDINGTON
WASHINGTON: Date Opened
7 November 1915 at 7.30pm; Seating
??; Date Closed 7 November 1915
at 8pm
FENDALTON
ILAM: Date Opened
25 July 1960; Seating 530; Date
Closed 1969
HALSWELL
VILLAGE HALL: Date Opened
c1956; Seating ??; Film Gauge
16mm; Date Closed Pre 1969
HAREWOOD
VILLAGE HALL: Date Opened
c1956; Seating ??; Film Gauge
16mm; Date Closed Pre 1969
HORNBY
(Pop:6,780 ): CINEMA 3-PLEX:
Date Opened 12 April 1991; Seating
1 200, 2 200, 3 150; Currently
Operating
ORANGE HALL: Date Opened
6 May 1908; Seating ??; Renamed
KOSY 1944; Seating
250; Date Closed 1967 (Demolished)
SKYWAY: Date Opened
c.May 1984; Seating ??; Renamed
PANTAGES ??; Seating
??;
Date Closed 8 March 1991
NEW BRIGHTON
JOYLAND: Date Opened
1918; Seating 500; Renamed
PRINCESS 1935; Seating
500; Date
Closed 1946 (Photolink)
OPEN AIR:
Date Opened 16 December 1910; Seating
??; Date Closed 16 January 1911 (Demolished)
PREMIER: Date Opened
16 December 1916; Seating 500;
Renamed ROXY 1941;
Seating 437;
Renamed LIDO 30 November
1962; Seating 378; Date Closed
May 1975
(Demolished)
ROXY (2nd): Date
Opened 24 December 1977; Seating
300; Date Closed 1984-1985
PAPANUI
HOYTS NORTHLAND 6-PLEX: Date
Opened 30 March 1966; Seating
1 135, 2 158, 3 174, 4 214,
5 264,
6 299; Currently Operating
MEMORIAL HALL: Date Opened
28 April 1923; Seating ??; Renamed
EMPIRE 1935; Seating
499;
Renamed BARCLAY 20
March 1965; Seating 300; Date
Closed 3 June 1975
(Demolished)
NORTHSIDE: Date Opened
20 August 1983; Seating ??;
Date Closed 1986
RICCARTON
(Pop: 7,220): PREMIER:
Date Opened 28 August 1917; Seating
595; Date Closed 1924 (Demolished)
REX: Date Opened
9 June 1936; Seating ??;
Renamed AVENUE iNTERNATIONAL
18 August 1967; Seating 530;
Date Closed 1983 (Demolished)
ST ALBANS
CENTURY: Date Opened
22 February 1940; Seating 595;
Date Closed 1965
SPREYDON
VOGUE: Date Opened
19 January 1959; Seating 480;
Date Closed 1969
SUMNER
HOLLYWOOD: Date Opened
1941; Seating 425; Renamed
HOLLYWOOD TWIN 6 August 1976;
Seating
1 251, 2 132 (Hollywood 2 also known as STAGEDOOR);
Currently Operating
SYDENHAM
EMPIRE: Date Opened
2 January 1911; Seating 680;
Renamed KINGS 1922;
Seating 680; Date Closed
June 1936 (Demolished)
METRO:
Date Opened 1941; Seating
749; Date Closed 1964 (Demolished)
CLAREMONT PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1922;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1969
CULVERDEN TOWN
HALL: Date Opened 23 April 1908;
Seating 250; Renamed
AMURI c.1956; Seating
250; Date
Closed Pre 1969
CUST TOWN HALL:
Date Opened 28 April 1908; Seating
150; Date Closed Pre 1969
DARFIELD (Pop: 1,119)
MEMORIAL: Date Opened
2 June 1908; Seating 350; Date
Closed 1968 (Demolished)
DIAMOND HARBOUR COMMUNITY
CENTRE: Date Opened c.1967;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1969
DUNSANDEL TOWN
HALL: Date Opened 20 September 1908;
Seating 170; Date Closed
Pre 1969
FAIRLIE (Pop: 866) AORANGI
HALL: Date Opened 13 April 1974;
Seating ??; Date Closed
14 April 1974
DELUXE: Date Opened
c.August 1922; Seating 320;
Date Closed 20 February 1968 (Demolished)
GERALDINE (Pop: 2,112)
MUNICIPAL: Date Opened
c.January 1915; Seating 450;
Renamed ELITE ??;
Seating 450;
Renamed TOWN HALL
??; Seating 450; Currently
Operating
GLENTUNNEL TOWN
HALL: Date Opened 4 May 1908;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1969
HAMNER SPRINGS (Pop: 1,238)
MEMORIAL HALL: Date Opened
1961; Seating ??; Date Closed
1980
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
1906; Seating 185; Date Closed
1957 (Demolished)
KAIAPOI (Pop: 5,358)
GRAND: Date Opened
17 February 1908; Seating ??;
Date Closed Pre 1930 (Demolished)
RIALTO: Date Opened
1939; Seating 437; Date Closed
??; Reopened as CENTURY
??; Seating
100; Date Closed July 1992
LAKE COLERIDGE TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 100; Film Gauge
16mm; Date Closed Pre 1969
LEESTON TOWN
HALL: Date Opened 30 April 1908;
Seating 300; Renamed
GRANADA ??; Seating
300; Date Closed
1970-1980 (Demolished)
LINCOLN (Pop: 1,872)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 275; Date
Closed Pre 1969
LITTLE RIVER (Pop: 212)
TRIANGLE: Date Opened
26 December 1907; Seating 150;
Date Closed Pre 1969
LYTTLETON (Pop: 3,510)
HARBOUR LIGHTS: Date Opened
20 March 1917; Seating 575;
Date Closed 1970-1985 (Now
Live Theatre)
MAKIKIHI PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1922;
Seating ??; Date Closed Pre
1924
MAYFIELD TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating 200; Date Closed
Pre 1969
METHVEN (Pop: 918) TOWN
HALL: Date Opened 29 September 1908;
Seating 350; Renamed
MIDWAY ??; Seating
??;
Date Closed 1969
(Demolished)
MOTUKARARA TOWN
HALL: Date Opened 17 June 1908;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1969
(Demolished)
MOUNT COOK HERMITAGE:
Date Opened Pre 1956; Film Gauge
16mm; Seating 60; Date Closed
Pre 1969
MOUNT SOMERS (Pop: 283)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
300; Date Closed
Pre 1969
OTIPUA PUBL:IC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1969
OKAINS BAY TOWN
HALL: Date Opened 13 May 1908;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
80; Date Closed 1970-1980
OTIRA RAILWAY
SOCIAL HALL: Date Opened Pre 1940;
Seating 129; Date Closed
Pre 1969
OXFORD (Pop: 1,088) TOWN
HALL: Date Opened 19 September 1908;
Seating 400; Currently
Operating
PAREORA PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1922;
Seating 200; Date Closed
31 March 1967
PLEASANT POINT TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1922;
Seating 300; Date Closed
31 March 1967; Reopened 7 June 1973
Seating 300; Date Closed
1974-1975
RAKAIA (Pop: 806) SCOUT
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
250; Date Closed 1970-1975
RANGIORIA (Pop: 6,636)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
June 1926; Seating 581; Renamed
EVERYBODYS ??; Seating
581; Renamed REGENT
1935; Seating 581; Date Closed
Pre 1984
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1984; Seating 84; Currently
Operating
ST ANDREWS PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1922;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1924
SHEFFIELD (Pop: 341)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
c.16 May 1908; Seating 200;
Date Closed Pre 1969
SOUTHBRIDGE TOWN
HALL: Date Opened 1 May 1908;
Film Gauge 16mm: Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1969
SPRINGFIELD (Pop: 341)
TOWN HALL: Date Opened
29 May 1908; Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
250; Date Closed
Pre 1969
TEMUKA (Pop: 3,981) DOMINION:
Date Opened Pre July 1922; Seating
??; Renamed ELITE
??; Seating 553;
Date Closed 31 January 1970
TIMARU (Pop: 28,400)
GRAND: Date Opened
8 December 1915; Seating ??;
Renamed REGENT 26
June 1931; Seating ??;
Date Closed 16 September 1967
HOYTS 3-PLEX: Date Opened
17 January 1997; Seating ??;
Currently Operating
LYCEUM: Date Opened
1911; Seating ??; Date Closed
July 1928; Demolished & Rebuilt
MAJESTIC 11 March 1929; Seating
1,101; Date Closed 8 March 1997
ROYAL: Date Opened
30 September 1912; Seating ??;
Date Closed 1963 (Returned to live theatre)
STATE: Date Opened
1935; Seating 785; Date Closed
c.February 1984
WAIAU TOWN HALL:
Date Opened 21 April 1908; Seating
100; Date Closed 1970-1980
WAIKARI TOWN
HALL: Date Opened 24 April 1908;
Seating 300; Renamed
LEXIA c.1969; Seating
300; Date Closed
1974-1980
WAIMATE (Pop:4,836 )
ARCADIAN: Date Opened
1918; Seating ??; Renamed
OLYMPIA c.1928; Seating
725;
Date Closed Pre 1956
REGENT: Date Opened
Pre 1956; Seating 515; Currently
Operating
WASHDYKE PUBLIC
HALL: Date Opened c.August 1922;
Seating ??; Date Closed
Pre 1956 (Demolished)
WEST MELTON TOWN
HALL: Date Opened Pre 1956;
Film Gauge 16mm; Seating
??; Date Closed Pre 1969
The following Canterbury towns had visits from travelling
picture showmen, but these came to nothing in regards to the establishment
of a permanent cinema:-Duvauchells (11
May 1908); Greenpark *
(18 June 1908); Hawarden (14 September
1908); Hororata (5 May 1908 to September
1908); Kirwee (3 June 1908); Le
Bon (10 October 1908); Marshlands *
(7 May 1908 to 15 June 1908); Rotherham
(22 April 1908); Woodend (1 August
1908). Note: * Christchurch City Outer Suburb.
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