Anzac Theatre (Dargaville)
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Address: Northern Wairoa War Memorial Town Hall, 37 Hokianga Road, Dargaville Postal address: Anzac Theatre, P O Box 416, Dargaville 0350 Contact Person: Vernon Woods, Theatre Manager, [email protected] Phone: 09 439 8997 Mobile: 021 1176 732 (Vernon Woods) Website: http://www.anzactheatre.co.nz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ANZACTheatre |
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Details
Capacity: 63
Screen: Single screen
Sound: digital
Seating: good
Snackbar: a range of snacks and drinks
Accessibility: good access
Capacity: 63
Screen: Single screen
Sound: digital
Seating: good
Snackbar: a range of snacks and drinks
Accessibility: good access
, Geoff's Review
Until 2013, the Northland town of Dargaville had been without a cinema for more than 30 years but a group of local enthusiasts have brought it back. They formed a trust which fund-raised for over two years, to install a state-of-the-art digital facility in the old library space within the rather grand War Memorial Town Hall on Hokianga Road.
You can find a fuller history at http://www.anzactheatre.co.nz/about-us/
The cinema is named the ‘Anzac Theatre’, in honour of the building it is housed in, and it opened on July 12, 2013.
There is considerable local support for this venture, both from the Kaipara District Council and the community. The Trust ran fund-raising film screenings at the local Kumara Box (with 8 screenings of Boy) and they also received ASB funding and other grants.
As well as raising the needed funds, this third attempt to revive local cinema-going in the North has brought the cinema experience once more to the locals, offering a regular programme of recent releases, both mainstream and art house. It was still going strong when I visited in December 2020.
The reality is that much of the wealth of Auckland was built on the resources of Dargaville (timber, kauri gum) and it is fitting that some of it has flowed back to this small town of 15,000, so they too can share the pleasures of the big screen.
Until 2013, the Northland town of Dargaville had been without a cinema for more than 30 years but a group of local enthusiasts have brought it back. They formed a trust which fund-raised for over two years, to install a state-of-the-art digital facility in the old library space within the rather grand War Memorial Town Hall on Hokianga Road.
You can find a fuller history at http://www.anzactheatre.co.nz/about-us/
The cinema is named the ‘Anzac Theatre’, in honour of the building it is housed in, and it opened on July 12, 2013.
There is considerable local support for this venture, both from the Kaipara District Council and the community. The Trust ran fund-raising film screenings at the local Kumara Box (with 8 screenings of Boy) and they also received ASB funding and other grants.
As well as raising the needed funds, this third attempt to revive local cinema-going in the North has brought the cinema experience once more to the locals, offering a regular programme of recent releases, both mainstream and art house. It was still going strong when I visited in December 2020.
The reality is that much of the wealth of Auckland was built on the resources of Dargaville (timber, kauri gum) and it is fitting that some of it has flowed back to this small town of 15,000, so they too can share the pleasures of the big screen.