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Luxury cinema

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Luxury cinema

Some moviegoers are prepared to pay for luxurious surroundings. In a few theatres in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch there is exclusive boutique seating where patrons recline in armchairs and are served food and drink while watching a movie.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 17 March 2003

by Richard Robinson

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Nancy Swarbrick, Creative life – Film and broadcasting, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1844/luxury-cinema (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 3 March 2009.