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Cinemas in New Zealand: 54 venues and who runs them
Every cinema in New Zealand in the open records we draw on, grouped by city, with operator and website where known. 1 operators run two or more sites; 46 venues are single-site or have no operator recorded. Run one of these cinemas? Add or correct it.
Operators with more than one site
- Hoyts 8 sites
All 54 cinemas by city
Akaroa
- Akaroa Cinemacinecafe.co.nz
Auckland Region
- Academy Cinemasopened 1983academycinemas.co.nz
- Capitol Theatreopened 1923thecapitol.co.nz
- Civic Theatreaucklandlive.co.nz
- Classic Comedy Clubcomedy.co.nz
- Event Cinemas Broadwayeventcinemas.co.nz
- Hollywood Cinemaopened 1915hollywoodavondale.nz
- Hoyts Berkeley Mission BayHoytshoyts.com.au
- Lido Cinemaopened 1924lido.co.nz
- Mercury Theatreopened 1910mercurytheatre.co.nz
- Reading Cinemas LynnMallreadingcinemas.co.nz
- Rialto Cinemas, Newmarketrialto.co.nz
- Victoria Theatreopened 1912thevic.co.nz
Balmoral
- Capitol Cinemacapitolcinema.co.nz
Bay of Plenty Region
- Reading Cinemas Rotoruareadingcinemas.co.nz
Brooklyn
- Penthouse Cinemapenthousecinema.co.nz
Buller District
- NBS Theatrenbstheatre.co.nz
Christchurch City
- Hollywood Cinemahollywoodcinema.co.nz
- Hoyts NorthlandsHoytshoytsnz.ninemsn.com.au
- Hoyts RiccartonHoytshoyts.co.nz
- Isaac Theatre Royalopened 1908isaactheatreroyal.co.nz
Dunedin City
- Metro Cinemametrocinema.co.nz
- Rialto Cinema, Dunedinrialto.co.nz
East Tāmaki
- Hoyts Botany DownsHoytshoytsnz.ninemsn.com.au
Feilding
- Focal Point Cinemafocalpointcinema.co.nz
Gore
- St. James Theatresbsstjamesgore.co.nz
Grey District
- Regent Theatreopened 1935regentgreymouth.co.nz
Hamilton
- Hoyts Te AwaHoytshoytsnz.ninemsn.com.au
- Metro By Hoyts HamiltonHoytshoytsnz.ninemsn.com.au
Hawke's Bay Region
- Century Theatrecenturycinema.co.nz
- Cineverse Hastingscineversehastings.co.nz
- Reading Cinemas Napierreadingcinemas.co.nz
Hibiscus Coast
- Hoyts Hibiscus CoastHoytshoytsnz.ninemsn.com.au
Invercargill
- Reading Cinemas Invercargillreadingcinemas.co.nz
Kaikōura District
- Mayfair Theatre350 seats · opened 1934themayfair.org.nz
Kāpiti Coast District
- Shoreline Cinemashorelinecinema.co.nz
Mount Wellington
- Hoyts Sylvia ParkHoytshoyts.co.nz
Palmerston North City
- Regent on Broadway1,393 seatsregent.co.nz
Porirua
- Reading Cinemas Poriruareadingcinemas.co.nz
Queenstown
- Reading Queenstownreadingcinemas.co.nz
Shirley
- Reading Cinemas The Palmsreadingcinemas.co.nz
Stratford District
- The King's Theatreopened 1917kingstheatre.co.nz
Taumarunui
- Regent Theatretaumarunuicinema.co.nz
Te Aro
- Reading Cinemas Courtenayreadingcinemas.co.nz
Timaru District
- Geraldine Cinema300 seats · opened 1925geraldinecinema.co.nz
Tokoroa
- Tokoroa Cinema 3tokoroacinema.co.nz
Upper Hutt
- Lighthouse Cinemalighthouseupperhutt.co.nz
Waikato District
- Victoria Cinemavictoriacinema.co.nz
Wānaka
- Cinema Paradisoparadiso.net.nz
Wellington
- Empire Cinema & Eateryopened 1925empirecinema.nz
- Roxy Cinemaopened 1928roxycinema.co.nz
Wellington Region
- Regent 3 Cinemasregent3.co.nz
- St James Theatreopened 1912stjames.co.nz
Westland District
- Regent Theatreopened 1935hokitikaregent.com
Sources: Wikidata (CC0), plus corrections sent in by cinemas. Where no operator is recorded, chain venues are attributed from their website's domain. Refreshed 8 October 2026. Open records miss some venues, especially small and community cinemas; the form below is how we close the gap. Download the data on the press and data page.
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