Hawera Cinemas (Hawera)
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Address:
110 Princess Street Hawera South Taranaki Contact Person: Kirsty Bourke, Manager Phone: 06 278 1301 Email: haweracinemas@zinteldsl.co.nz Website: www.haweracinema.co.nz |
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Details
Capacity: One 160 + Two 198
Screen: Two screens, with DCP’
Sound: Dolby digital
Seating: Conventional and comfortable, with luxurious leather, couch seating available.
Snackbar: Ice cream, coffee machine and gaming lounge
Accessibility: Good street level access
Capacity: One 160 + Two 198
Screen: Two screens, with DCP’
Sound: Dolby digital
Seating: Conventional and comfortable, with luxurious leather, couch seating available.
Snackbar: Ice cream, coffee machine and gaming lounge
Accessibility: Good street level access
Geoff's Review
The South Taranaki town of Hawera was the site of my formative years in film-going (and my formative years generally), so I am pleased to see it still has a viable cinema. The current Hawera Cinema dates from 1998 but was taken over by the South Taranaki District Council in 2007, who acts as the landlord of the building.
I guess you can call a community cinema, even though it continues to need financial support from local rate-payers. This has enabled the cinema to offer a range of mainstream films, with a few more art house titles sprinkled amongst them, for the 20,000 residents in the South Taranaki area.
The Hawera Cinemas promote their programme as "The affordable BIG screen experience" and the ticket prices of between $10-$14 supports this claim.
The counter person I spoke to in November 2011 observed "When people look to settle in a place,they look for a cinema, a swimming pool and a sports stadium". Hawera can offer all these things.
October 2019 update: There are plans to develop a third, small boutique screen, in a space currently occupied by a pop-up cafe, in the auditorium.
The South Taranaki town of Hawera was the site of my formative years in film-going (and my formative years generally), so I am pleased to see it still has a viable cinema. The current Hawera Cinema dates from 1998 but was taken over by the South Taranaki District Council in 2007, who acts as the landlord of the building.
I guess you can call a community cinema, even though it continues to need financial support from local rate-payers. This has enabled the cinema to offer a range of mainstream films, with a few more art house titles sprinkled amongst them, for the 20,000 residents in the South Taranaki area.
The Hawera Cinemas promote their programme as "The affordable BIG screen experience" and the ticket prices of between $10-$14 supports this claim.
The counter person I spoke to in November 2011 observed "When people look to settle in a place,they look for a cinema, a swimming pool and a sports stadium". Hawera can offer all these things.
October 2019 update: There are plans to develop a third, small boutique screen, in a space currently occupied by a pop-up cafe, in the auditorium.