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November 15, 2024
Bilingual class mooted for Bayswater School... p3
Fossickers blamed for park damage... p4
Interview: Engineer and piper Chris Lucas... p22-23
Vic numbers languishing but hopes held for summer lift The Victoria Theatre is hoping for a bumper summer, having had attendance figures for the last year 22 per cent below 2019 pre-Covid figures, its annual meeting heard last week. Victoria Theatre Trust co-chair Margot McRae said some “big films” were sched-
uled for release. “We are looking forward to this boost as it has been a hard year for the Vic and the cinema business generally.” The slowdown was a combination of recession, post-Covid lag and the 2023 strike by Hollywood writers and actors which had downstream effects on the supply of
top-quality movies, McRae said. “So, like businesses everywhere, the Vic is still rebuilding its audience numbers.” Despite the difficult trading conditions, “[general manager] Philipp Jaser and his team at the Vic Ltd are in a good heart and To page 2
Kahukiwi’s king of the castle
Slide rules... Kahukiwi Whitehead (5) shows his moves on the bouncy castle at the St Leo’s School fair last Sunday. More pictures, pages 6-7.
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