| 509 | Hannah Ross | Wanaka | |
| 508 | Tammy Friend | Wanaka | Part of the furniture. Must be saved! |
| 507 | Julie Lott | Wanaka | |
| 506 | Kenneth McDonald | Christchurch | A local treasure |
| 505 | jodi lawrence | mosgiel | |
| 504 | Nick Busse | Wanaka | A Must-Do activity for all visitors, a haven for the locals and a true rarity - a cinema with personality! An eclectic Wanaka icon that needs to be encouraged to stay. |
| 503 | Marion Fagan | Sydney | The best little cinema in the world and so much a part of Wanaka. Don't even think about taking it down. |
| 502 | Tony Dowd | Wanaka | Keep on rolling The show must go ON ! |
| 501 | Neda Byrne | wanaka | The Paradiso is an unique theater and never should be even considered destroying it. |
| 500 | celeste barcham | invercargill | ya can't ruin everything good geeeez |
| 499 | Lucy Armer | Queenstown | Who's daft idea was this? The Paradiso is a landmark of Wanaka. |
| 498 | Melanie Phillipson | Maryville | |
| 497 | TIM Haller | Wanaka | WTF ?? ....muppetts !! "Y'don't know what you've got 'till its gone." Heh ! Let's go one better and put up a Macca's ;)
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| 496 | Tim Haller | wanaka | |
| 495 | Paul Humphreys | Coventry | |
| 494 | Julia Clifford | Dunedin | |
| 493 | Carol Pollock | Wanaka | Good fun in the dark! |
| 492 | Harriet Nimmo | Brighton | |
| 491 | ben holbrook | wanaka | paradiso must stay!! it means wanaka! it is one of a kind! best theatre ever! |
| 490 | Tyson Venables | Banf | |
| 489 | vinny pollett | palmerston north | funky place nothing else compares, tell em 2 get fuct in keep rockin on |
| 488 | Samantha Madden | Littleton | |
| 487 | aongus mcgreal | ireland | the paradiso rocks, spank you very much! |
| 486 | Ben Vinsen | Auckland | |
| 485 | Jamey Kramer | Canada | I remember the owner making me laugh with his stand up comedy routine during intermission. |
| 484 | Jessica Oundjian | West Wittering | |
| 483 | Matt West | Rostrevor | The Paradiso is so unique.
Wanaka wouldn't be the same without it.
Get rid of Puzzle World before the Paradiso!
It's a must do, I tell anyone I hear that is visiting Wanaka, to do |
| 482 | Rick Smith | Hawea | The Paradiso is an icon of the township...real Kiwi-ana.
It offers overseas visitors to our slice of 'paradiso' a rare experience. Fight the bland-ness. |
| 481 | Jodine Sheppard | London | I grew up in Wanaka and I would not like to see the cinema go. It provides great entertainment for locals and visitors to the town. |
| 480 | Cara Gouvea | Christchurch | I loved this cinema! It makes me sad to think that it might close. I spent a very nice evening there one, and I really want to go there again when I'm in Wanaka. |
| 479 | Krysta Neve | Wanaka | I believe that this is the most unique cinema I have ever come across. I think that it is fun and relaxing along with being a Wanaka icon. Don't knock it down. |
| 478 | Sophia Pendar-Hughes | Hawea & London | The Paradiso was one of the reasons my husband and I fell in love with Wanaka and its surounds. Its laid-back quirkyness (and great muffins!) are a breath of fresh air compared to the hideous corporate monstrosities you find everywhere these days. Where else can you spend a day out on the mountains and the evening watching a movie sitting in a morris minor, clutching a steaming cuppa & eating fresh bakes? Please keep this unique resource open Wanaka; don't lose your soul in the name of 'development'! |
| 477 | Anne Pull | Dargaville | This was a great unique threatre that was just wonderful when we were down in 2007. Keep it going for the families that have smaller kids that can't do the adventure outdoor stuff. |
| 476 | Daniel Gammert | Rathenow | Why you little? You are sawing the branch off you are sitting on! |
| 475 | Cassie Davenport | Wanaka | |
| 474 | marlene laureys | christchurch | A unique Wanaka icon, that represents what Wanaka locals used to stand for, and I hope, some of us still do |
| 473 | John Cruickshank | Oslo | Ill be moving back there and have told the people who will come back all about this place and its great setup and atmosphere. No way it should close its part of Wanaka. Close down 1 of those huge ugly hotels on the lakefront |
| 472 | rob evans | seven sisters | no way this cant close one of my best memories of a fantastic trip |
| 471 | hanneke snijder | wanaka | I love the cinema and it's yummie cookies |
| 470 | Stephanie Marrer | Zurich | best cinema ever!!!! |
| 469 | Chris Royce | Edmonton | |
| 468 | Scott Chapman | Christchurch | |
| 467 | Beatrice Asprey | London | Please keep it open! |
| 466 | Pete Dorrington | New Plymouth | Unique to Wanaka, we must keep these sort of gems! Personality plus + |
| 465 | Shirley George | New Plymouth | |
| 464 | Vicki Lloyd | Christchurch | I just love this theatre and it would be a shame to close it down - its an icon for Wanaka and something that needs to be kept going |
| 463 | Hazel Scully | Dublin | I loved the cinema paradiso. Spent three days in Wanaka and adored the place. The cinema was a major highlight and I've recommended it to everyone I met since. Amazing food, unique setting and wonderful people. It'll be an absolute tragedy if they close it down. |
| 462 | james scully | dublin | Was there in september and it was the best cinema experience ever! |
| 461 | Andrew Shanks | Hamilton | A Wanaka landmark we always visit when down on Holiday! |
| 460 | Ardouin Baker | Wanaka | The Paradiso is a Wanaka Landmark. In a world of production line, McDonalds copy cats it's important to hold on anything with originality! |
| 459 | John Sullivan | Wanaka | An icon of Wanaka and should be saved. |
| 458 | Alice Loader | Wanaka | I grew up going to the Paradiso, so many good memories, so many good cookies, when ever I mention wanaka when im overseas, any one that has been there instantly says 'oh thats where that movie theatre is with the car and the cookies'. its world famous. It MUST be saved. |
| 457 | Hugo Will | Auckland | Never actually visited the Paradiso, but looks fantastic! Would love to be able to visit so keep it open! |
| 456 | Hugo Will | Auckland | Never actually visited the Paradiso, but looks fantastic! Would love to be able to visit so keep it open! |
| 455 | Hugo Will | Auckland | Never actually visited the Paradiso, but looks fantastic! Would love to be able to visit so keep it open! |
| 454 | Bjoern Aeschlimann | Thun | |
| 453 | Linda Johansson | Wanaka/Stockholm | |
| 452 | Amanda Spiers | Wanaka | |
| 451 | Erin LeTellier | Wanaka | This is the coolest cinema I've ever been to, don't shut it down! |
| 450 | Gary Clarkson | Melbourne | I love this place. I been sending everyone traveling to NZ there for years now. |
| 449 | Chuck Norris | Behind You | You cant close it or i will roundhouse kick you in the back of the head, dismembering it from your torso |
| 448 | Todd Bennett | melbourne | |
| 447 | Rachael Abbott | Fox Glacier | The best cinema in the world, it would be a real shame to see it close. |
| 446 | Meira Smith | Christchurch | Why close the Paradiso?? Viva la Difference. Its got comfy retro seats, even a restaurant and that cute car. Its the best theatre that Ive been to. |
| 445 | Peter Feeney | Auckland | I performed there this year with A Night with Beau Tyler and it was a warm, wonderful and unforgetable experience. STAY OPEN! |
| 444 | James Freedman | London | A truly unique building - will be sorely missed if it closes! |
| 443 | Michael Heinzel | Wanaka | Please keep this iconic cinema open! It is one of the best known attractions of Wanaka. Visitors and locals just love it. |
| 442 | Amandine Revel | Wanaka | The best, more comfy' and original cinema in the woooorld ! |
| 441 | Lia O'Neale | San Francisco | I've loved going to Paradiso during my season in Wanaka. It's great fun, with wonderful atmosphere, staff, and food. It would be a real shame if it were to close. |
| 440 | Elise Bland | Hardy's Bay | Paradiso can't possibly close!! Wanaka woudn't be the same without it. I've met people who travel to Wanaka just to go to it. |
| 439 | Suzanne Kendrick | Auckand | One of the highlights of our trips to Wanaka is visit to Paradiso. Why on earth would you close it down. |
| 438 | Susan Macdonald | Auckland | This is a kiwi icon it can't close. |
| 437 | Judith McLean | Bologna | It would be a real shame if the cinema closed. It is by far the best cinema I have ever been to for its atmosphere and character, not to mention the cookies and ice cream. |
| 436 | Jessica Wrennall | auckland | I honestly cant believe that they are even thinking about it |
| 435 | Viki George | Dunedin | |
| 434 | Michelle McRae | Sydney | Why would you close it? It is SO good!! |
| 433 | Peter Walker | Wanka | Best cinema I've ever been too, yet another reason Wanaka trumps Queenstown and it's loss would be a loss to locals and tourist alike. |
| 432 | Lorne Knight | Amersham | A fan from UK, why close one of those places that Wanaka is remembered for.
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| 431 | Erica Wymore | Wanaka | WHY? Replace it with Hoyts or Reading or something? Keep the character--be different! |
| 430 | Sophie Tripp | Auckland | Please no!!! |
| 429 | Nicola Branch | Telford | I have very fond memories of this cinema. Everytime I hear of someone visiting NZ I always send them here - such a great place. All cinemas should be like this. It will be such a shame if this was to close - for visitors and locals. |
| 428 | Jason Dinsdale | Sheffield, UK | This is a kiwi icon and an important and unique attraction. Don't close it!!! |
| 427 | Erin Morgan | Christchurch / Wanaka | Leave it be! It's the best movie theatre in the country!!! |
| 426 | Will Austen | Wanaka | Everybody comments on how it's so unique. Typical QLDC trying to turn Wanaka into another Queenstown. |
| 425 | Leslie Johnston | Wanaka | It's not just the movies ... or the cookies. It's the music ... and the pizza (mmmmm!!) ... and the loos ... and being able to drink adult beverages while watching adult movies (not that kind - shame on you!). And as long as Calum and the crew want to keep running it, they definitely should. It's a classic. |
| 424 | Derek & Nancy Thompson | Samford ( & Wanaka) | An Icon of a special Town |
| 423 | Catherine Davis | Wanaka | noooo! are you kidding? this place was loved, trendy and hip to so many people visitors and locals way before they invented the term 'boutique cinema'.
I have lived in Wanaka almost eleven years and it is the best feeling taking friends that visit to Paradiso. Its no accident its one of the main comments about Wanaka in Lonely Planet....thinking now!...... |
| 422 | Kimberley Davis | Wanaka | please, please, please don't shut down the cinema paradiso. I have so many fond memories from there, even from way back when it was still in the old town hall and I went to see Titanic and cried my eyes out.
also, I don't think that I can live without white chocolate and ginger mega cookies ... |
| 421 | Andrea Arokianathan | Irvine | Please do not shut the Paradiso down...my husband and I stayed in Wanaka for a month or so during the summer of 2003 - 2004 - this place rocks and it would be devastating if this cinema shut - it's well known throughout the world - everyone knows the Paradiso and just how awesome it is - it's like no other cinema in the world - it's just so unique and that's why it's a much loved cinema....can someone update me on what's happening with events. Please, please don't shut this cinema down!!!!! |
| 420 | Sam Lee | Wanaka | Some of us actually grew up with Paradiso in the old town hall. Paradiso should not be just a memory. Time to take the gloves off. |
| 419 | Shelley Morgan | Dublin | You can't close the Paradiso it is a Wanaka Icon!! I tell everyone who is planning on coming to New Zealand to try and visit Wanaka and go to the Paradiso. |
| 418 | jayne drummond | auckland | |
| 417 | Bradley Vande Water | Wanaka | |
| 416 | andrej pieterson | albert town | i love the mammoth or is it a goat? take me back to the ice age |
| 415 | Pete Griffin | Christchurch | |
| 414 | Masami Shimada | Kanagawa | Pease don't close it.
Paradiso is the best theater in NZ!! |
| 413 | Josh Lenz | Wanaka | save the paradiso! |
| 412 | Vince Scully | Kaikoura | Paradiso's uniqueness is harmless. It is an added attraction to a special town. |
| 411 | Rick McGregor | Kiruna | |
| 410 | Simon Middlemass | METHVEN | I have seen it since its enception and hope Calum can keep it going , Good luck. |
| 409 | dagmar lindner | lyttelton | |
| 408 | Sharon Beattie | Wanaka | We LOVE it. Better than a new golf course any day! |
| 407 | Jamie Harte | Kilkenny | |
| 406 | Anna Andrea Gerken | Århus | |
| 405 | Jakob Carstensen | Århus | |
| 404 | Johnny Davison | Wanaka | Its why I live in Wanaka. I love cookies, they make good ones. I love ice cream, its there with the cookies at halftime :) |
| 403 | charlotte McAtamney | Wanaka | |
| 402 | Lars Grau | Cromwell | We refuse to go to any other movie theatre and so do the kids! |
| 401 | Melanie Mohr | Cromwell | |
| 400 | David Watson | Wales | Would be a travesty, what is the reason? it can't possibly be good enough! |
| 399 | theresa vanorny | ashland | a real gem, and those cookies. |
| 398 | Erin Phillips | Timaru | They dont make them like this anymore. A true treasure for wanaka. A place for all people of any age to go. |
| 397 | Amanda Dolan | Galway | |
| 396 | Glenn Rees | North Fitzroy | Why? What senseless reason could there be for closing this community icon?
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE stop this madness!!!! |
| 395 | Laura Molzahn | Melbourne | please dont close down this wonderful cinema! it's part of the magic of Wanaka. |
| 394 | Lisa Boyes | Hawea | |
| 393 | Pierre Gamby | Wanaka | |
| 392 | Matthew Ward | Yateley | Actually the best cinema in the world. Closing it down is a crime! |
| 391 | Stacey Trevathan | Melbourne | |
| 390 | Live O'Connell | Dunedin | |
| 389 | Steven Smith | Wanaka | |
| 388 | lesley haynes | wanaka | leave our beautiful cinema alone |
| 387 | Darryn Wilkie | Vancouver | Wonderful Iconic part of Wanaka, great relaxed atmosphere |
| 386 | Caroline Trevarthen | Wanaka | Paradiso is listed in the Lonely Planet Guide! It is a part of Wanaka's history & culture & should be available for many years in the future. How can you even contemplated bulldozing such a positive influence on both the local & tourism infrustructure of a small town like Wanaka!? |
| 385 | christopher guillery | Allos | |
| 384 | Hannah Lumsden | wanaka | |
| 383 | Nathaniel Vaandering | Victoria | You can't let this close!!!! It is a wanaka Icon, just like Puzzling world |
| 382 | Natalie Astin | Wanaka | Everyone who visits loves it! Its unique, please keep it! |
| 381 | Shilo Gibson | Wanka | |
| 380 | Wanaka i-SITE Wanaka i-SITE | Wanaka | The tourists LOVE it and we get heaps of positive feedback!! |
| 379 | Euan Simpson | Wanaka | |
| 378 | Alice Ronald | Christchurch | I can still remember when the Paradiso was a temporary setup in the old Town Hall. |
| 377 | Bertrand Fanon | Lausanne | That's a part of Wanaka's hart, and also the sweetest cinema in the earth! |
| 376 | kate young | wanaka | |
| 375 | Mary-Lousie Roulston | Wanaka | Why would we want to lose something so unique to Wanaka?? Callum & the crew do such an awesome job. Bigger & newer does not mean better!!:) |
| 374 | Erica Cusack | Oamaru | Wanaka NEEDS the Paradiso, it mustn't die, for that would be a crime against all things good. The Paradiso IS a good, good thing! This petition is its CPR? Come on Paradiso, we need you to pull through! |
| 373 | Tony McDowell | Bawley Point | I can't bear the future if the Cinema Paradiso isn't part of it. |
| 372 | Olivia McDowell | Sydney | I love the Paradiso! The best cinema on the PLANET (and best lentil soup too). I crave the Paradiso every time I go to any other cinema in Aus. Pleasepleaseplease save the Paradiso so I can follow my heart back there!! |
| 371 | Natalie Danvers | Bournemouth | I loved this place - its so unique, they can't close it down! |
| 370 | Anthony Robinson | Newbury | |
| 369 | Charlotte Wallace | Wanaka | SAVE THE PARADISO!!! We locals need this on ou rainy days!!! |
| 368 | Binsey Pender | Ashburton | Please keep Paradiso alive! |
| 367 | Eunice Chapman | Wanaka | Its a great place, wacky but great, why close something with so much character. |
| 366 | Tracey Snape | Christchurch | |
| 365 | Tom Cruise | Los Angeles | I love that place, you can't get rid of it. |
| 364 | Mareike Wenzel | Berlin | |
| 363 | john ritson | wanaka | its crazy and original. save it! its part of what makes wanaka, wanaka. |
| 362 | Viv and Andrew Smith | Nelson | NO WAY please don't do this |
| 361 | Robert Ferrari | Invercargill | As long as I have known this quirky movie theatre I have often while my countless visits to Wanaka it has always been a highlight to take in a movie there.
I own in wanaka, accomodation, and feel that for this to close we will all be loosing a little 'Kiwiana'. Please support this petition, if enough people care I am sure something positive will come from it. |
| 360 | Carly Moore | London | One of my favourite places in NZ. Please don't shut it down! Indepedent cinemas deserve our full support. |
| 359 | Bj Gopinath | Brisbane | One of the first things I did when I got to Wanaka was grab a cookie and some ice cream at the Paradiso. Too many of these locally-owned and run businesses are losing out to larger companies, and ultimately the community pays the price. I'm all for saving this one. |
| 358 | Mike Christie | Sydney | I've been coming to Wanaka for years and always try to get to the Paradiso at least once while I am here - *PLEASE* don't let it close down!!! |
| 357 | chris corner | newquay | The paradiso can't shut, i spent many a enjoyable time munching on freshly baked cookies and chilling as if i where at home on those couch's. No other place like it and i inform all of the wonders of the paridiso in wanaka. here;s to the survival of the paridiso chris |
| 356 | Garth Parkinson | Wanaka | The Paradiso is an Icon of Wanaka and one of the "must visit" attractions of this tourist friendly town - it's also greatly loved by locals. Myself, I enjoy relaxing on a couch with my fiance and/or friends and watching a movie, the cookies are fantastic, and I quite like the fact I can have a beer or glass of wine to enjoy with the film. I would hate to have this replaced by a characterless mainstream company. |
| 355 | Emma Smith | Wellington | |
| 354 | Sally Lilley | Christchurch | What a great shame. I visit Wanaka just to go to the cinema - love the cookies! |
| 353 | Kathy Bradford | Auckland | Paradiso is a part of the Wanaka life and shouldnt be closed - it shows Wanaka's character!!!! |
| 352 | Paul Mahon | Kilkenny | Why is it being closed...? I don't understand.! |
| 351 | Philippe Demers | Montreal, Canada | Haven't been there yet but I want to go there before it closes! But it would be event better if it didn't close at all!! |
| 350 | Swantje Wenzel | Berlin | It's the best cinema in the world and cannot be closed down! |
| 349 | Mathilde Johanne Hansen | Copenhagen | |
| 348 | mark beattie | Dodges Ferry | |
| 347 | Daniel Grey | Christchurch | |
| 346 | Sal woodworth | exeter | The best cinema in the world can't be closed, I still tell people about it |
| 345 | Will Hartnett | Chicago | There is nothing else like the Paradiso. My favorite place to watch a show. |
| 344 | Maree Parker | Sydney | |
| 343 | Donna Smithies | Nelson | |
| 342 | Anne Armstrong | Wanaka | |
| 341 | Jess Ridout | London | |
| 340 | Jess Ridout | London | |
| 339 | Gabrielle Watson | Auckland | |
| 338 | Celia Kuch | Auckland | |
| 337 | Elissa Phillips | Canberra | |
| 336 | Anna Phillips | London | |
| 335 | stuart Phillips | chch | |
| 334 | Peter Kania | Wellington | |
| 333 | Karen Rodgers | Wellington | |
| 332 | Ingrid Rodgers | Bristol | The Paradiso MUST be saved, it is a fantastic local landmark |
| 331 | Takuma Katada | Swansea | Cant just let paradiso closed... Paradiso is the best!! |
| 330 | sarah ohara | Manchester | we can't let this happen, the place is amazing!! |
| 329 | James McDonald | Edinburgh | Very, very disappointed to hear that a truly unique cinema is threatened with closure. Don't let it happen. |
| 328 | Annika Hjelmskog | Hythe | NO NO NO NO NO!!!! Seriously do not let this happen!!!! |
| 327 | Patrick Kipper | Barsinghausen | |
| 326 | Elisabeth Matlschweiger | Lassing (Austria) | PLEASE...DO NOT CLOSE IT!!!!! It´s the best cinema in the whole wide world.. Everything´s just perfect... |
| 325 | Kay Outram | Wanaka | We cannot let this happen to our unique Wanaka Picture theatre |
| 324 | Alisha McLennan | Christchurch | |
| 323 | Juliette Greenwood | Wanaka | The best experience in cinema today, an icon of Wanaka and an attraction for all ages. |
| 322 | Cristin Waite | Dunedin | tragic. |
| 321 | Morgan Varaine | Auckland | Wanaka without the Paradiso is like Wanaka without its lake! Save the Paradiso! |
| 320 | Katrina Busick | Columbus | My visit to NZ wouldn't have been complete without experiencing this eccentric theater. I've reccomended it to everyone I know who has even considered visiting the islands. |
| 319 | Ashleigh Magowan | Carrickfergus | A travesty!! Definitely one of my highlights of Wanaka. Keep it open! |
| 318 | Brad Albrecht | Horsham | The Paradiso is know as possible the coolest cinema in the world, I think it is a testimony to it's importance that people from all over the world are shocked and sadened by the news that is to be closed.
There must be something that can be done. |
| 317 | merle meer | auckland | this is a national icon.. closing it down just isn't an option... would be a real shame! |
| 316 | dan shamblin | lake elsinore | I love that movie theator. It adds a little something special to lake wanaka |
| 315 | Rachel Knowles | High Wycombe | The Paradiso represents Wanaka's uniqueness - Vive le difference! |
| 314 | Arish Mitchell | Melbourne | The paradiso is a unique experience in Wanaka and is on par with Swamp Place in the Bay of Islands. |
| 313 | REBECCA TOPPING | AUCKLAND | |
| 312 | Andy Thompson-Burt | Bury St Edmunds | It's awesome, best cinema I have ever been to, literally, sofa's are so much better than rows of seats, I have told so many people about it. |
| 311 | Michael Macfie | Auckland | |
| 310 | Gabrielle Yates | Portsmouth | Letting go of this focal local attraction will be like taking away a vital 'organ' in the community of Wanaka. |
| 309 | Shanon McNeil | Dubai | |
| 308 | Pip Riddell | Queenstown | |
| 307 | Chris Barker | Wanaka | Silly to close such a major tourist draw - world famous! |
| 306 | Richard Keamy | FREMANTLE | Noooo.....!! |
| 305 | Jess Battaerd | Auckland | Save the Paradiso! I saw Ali G indahouse there in 2002 and it was great, sat in the morrie and ate baileys icecream. Yum! |
| 304 | Tara Bates | Invercargill | |
| 303 | Jennifer Scott | Edinburgh | Don't lose this unique facility. Once it's gone, it's gone. |
| 302 | Neil Ritchie | Edinburgh | My first and so far only car/cinema experience. Tragic news |
| 301 | Bruce Ritchie | Edinburgh | Keep local facilities open! |
| 300 | Jo Surcouf | Edinburgh | This cinema is talked about across the lands, far and wide. The paradiso experince is like a cosy, independent, cookie-fuelled hug. DON'T GOOOOOO :( |
| 299 | Richard Atkins | London | This, along with Puzzling world is one of the highlights of the South Island, let alone just Wanaka!!! |
| 298 | Sambrooke Scott | Edinburgh | This cinema is truly a unique and special feature of Wanaka. I've worked in the cinema business around the world and I've never come across a venue as distinctively wonderful as this. Please save it, Wanaka will be much less colourful place without it. |
| 297 | Claire Ritchie | Edinburgh | Noooooooooo! Please don't let the Paradiso close!What other cinema in the world has an old Morris Minor for a chair and bakes amazing cookies at the film's interval? This place is beautiful, one of the best I've ever been to, so friendly and welcoming - an icon not just of Wanaka but of NZ. Long live the Paradiso! |
| 296 | James Carey | Melbourne | the Paradiso CANNOT be shut down, the place is beautiful and is a hub for all people who live and travel to Wanaka at all times of the year. Wanaka could be losing one of its favourite attractions...... |
| 295 | Charlie Parr | Fitzroy, Melbourne | I will chain myself to any bulldozer you try and take near Cinema Paradiso. |
| 294 | Sarah Parr | Wanaka | Viva Cinema Paradiso!
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| 293 | Peter Haynes | Nottingham | What a gem of a place.
KEEP IT OPEN |
| 292 | Mark Fall | York | It needs to be kept, its become a legend and definitely a huge tourist attraction. Hell we go there from Queenstown practically every week because its just so damn comfortable. It would be a real crying shame to close it |
| 291 | Courtney Rosser | St. Louis | the paradiso is one of a kind...can't beat the experience.! any change would detract from all the character that exists in that building...don't succumb to the changes in wanaka! |
| 290 | Tom Reeves | Bristol | Save the paradiso, the best movie experience in the world
& you cant beat those cookies |
| 289 | Emma Phillips | Ashford | cosy and relaxing and the best cookies |
| 288 | Sarah Jarvie | Wanaka | |
| 287 | Casper Jelly | London | Just like the others say, this place is a stand out memory for me. |
| 286 | pia holmes | dublin | please dont shut this place down. im always telling people about the paradiso being the best cinema i ever went to.
and im coming back to NZ next year and i had planned on returning to wanaka nearly specifically to go to the paradiso. |
| 285 | Sharon Soor | Slough | A great home away from home, when you are a traveller. Its places like this that make a community and not just another town. |
| 284 | Elle Mitchell | Brighton | |
| 283 | Veronika Schroepfer | Frankfurt/Main | Wanaka wouldn't be the same without the Paradiso!
I had such a great time there in 2005!!!! |
| 282 | Kim French | Glasgow | SAVE THE PARADISO!!!
Stayed in Wanaka summer 2007, wouldn't have been the same without the cinema. Please please please keep it open |
| 281 | trudy pilbrow | wanaka | the paradiso is a wanaka icon, local through and through . Keep out the franchises. |
| 280 | Anna Simmonds | Wanaka | You've our support at WanakaWeb - we love you guys! |
| 279 | Matt Shewchuk | showacho Nakakomagen | |
| 278 | natalie coplin | Albert Town | Its the best cinema I have ever been to. So friendly and really good fun! Don't close it! |
| 277 | Aisling Bedford | Dublin | |
| 276 | Lisa Rawden | London | Please do not close down the paradiso, it is such a great cinema and the talk of travellers from England! It would be crazy to close it down, don't people realise it's a huge tourist attraction! Don't fall into the trap of making Wanaka a flashy place, it will ruin it and no one will go! |
| 275 | Paddy Cowie | Inverness | For the car and the cookies |
| 274 | Christy Dudley | Wanaka and California | The Paradiso rocks! It can't close! |
| 273 | Ali Mackay | London | a wonderful cinematic experience that i pray stays open |
| 272 | Tracy Kidner | Lincoln | We loved the Paradiso, it helped make our 3 days in Wanaka really special and we've recommended it to all our friends heading to NZ. |
| 271 | Kirsten Chalmers | wanaka | |
| 270 | Per Tomasson | Vimmerby | Classic place... insane to shut it down... |
| 269 | HELEN LAWSON | WANAKA | LET IT BE, LET IT BE, LET IT BE, LET IT BE...
GIVE US CHARACTER, COOKIES, COUCHES AND A CAR OVER SOME GENERIC MULTIPLEX ANYDAY. DONT BE RUBBISH AND DESTROY A PIECE OF WANAKA'S SOUL. |
| 268 | Lucy Humphris | Adelaide | Paradiso is one of the best cinemas I have been to, it has so much personality and provides a great atmosphere. I love the intermission break and the cookies and home made icecream are awsome! I think it would be terrible if it was shut down. It definately adds to the charm Wanaka has and a lot of people would be very sad to see it go! |
| 267 | Liv Stork | Adelaide | this cant happen it is so cool catching a movie in a cinemar like this one!! preserve it dont destroy it!! save it now as it would be sad to see it go for ever |
| 266 | Nicola Campbell | Wanaka | |
| 265 | Katie White | Dunedin | |
| 264 | Sophie Young | Invercargill | |
| 263 | Laura Sutcliffe | Halifax | What are they thinking?! This is the BEST cinema in the whole world! Where else can you lay on comfy sofas, eat home-made cookies and watch your fav film? We having nothing like this in the UK - shame. |
| 262 | Naama Lugashi | Holon | One of my best memories, a good movie, great cinema, amazing food! |
| 261 | Paul van der Wal | Rotterdam | Hands of the Paradiso! It's the most beautiful cinema i'v ever seen! |
| 260 | Michael Renie | Narrabeen | The Paradiso is an institution in Wanaka!! |
| 259 | Gillian Lennon | Vancouver | Remember when the movies used to be held in the town hall? Cinema Paradiso exemplifies all that is great about Wanaka. Don't lose that special charm to be another Queenstown. Was at the TGR movie premier in Whistler last week & everyone was talking about the great atmosphere at the Paradiso in Wanaka... It's the uniqueness of places like Paradiso that makes Wanaka world-class & very special. |
| 258 | David Sinclair | on the road | that would be sad dont make me cry now
that place is flippin cool please dont close it
and for what i ask |
| 257 | Broni Whitaker | Wanaka | Are you insane? Or have developers placed $$ in your eyes? Paradiso represents the true essense of the wanaka commuity, its cosy, personable and creative. There you can devour thee best cookies and icecream on the planet. Please think again before you abolish wanaka's greatest place of entertainment. |
| 256 | Sarah cowell | Whistler | Are You Crazy? |
| 255 | Katja Juncu | Naarden | One of the finest places on earth; I am sure we all collected some great memories there, while gobbling on fresh bakes cookies and sipping on soy coffees. The name should be upheld and is in itself enough to carry this quaint and authentic cinema into the next century! ParadiseO! |
| 254 | Nicola Dymock | Karratha | NO WAY! |
| 253 | Amber Stechmann | Chessel | |
| 252 | Stephanie Hirth | Basel | |
| 251 | Cathrin Bergschneider | Lausanne | PLEASE DON'T CLOSE THE PARADISO!!! |
| 250 | Catherine Lourme | Alsfeld | Don't close that cinema! It's one of the really few unique and cool cinemas in the world! Delicious Cookies and lots of good memories at this place. Wanaka without it, isn't Wanaka anymore!!!! |
| 249 | Chantal Burr | London | Pretty pleeease with cookies on top, don't shut this place down. Many a fond memory... |
| 248 | Lawrence Beale | Ipswich | It'd be a travesty if this placed closed. Its a Wanaka icon.
Don't let it happen |
| 247 | Sarah Jackson | Cumbria, UK | |
| 246 | Ian Morrison | Edinburgh | Cookies & Cars in the cinema! What's not to love? |
| 245 | Nate Rush | Peterborough | The Paradiso is essential for the mental environment of Wanaka. |
| 244 | Jeremy Demytruk | Calgary | Honestly. This place is amazing..it definatly finds its way into most of the stories I tell about Wanaka and adds so much character to the town. It'd be really nice to keep it going. |
| 243 | Janelle Leclair | Toronto | |
| 242 | Hannah Roy | Wanaka | |
| 241 | Tiffany firth | wanaka | |
| 240 | Jillian Corbett | Sheffield | This is the coolest cimema in the world, what about the time King Kong was climbing out of the roof!!! I know everyone mentions the cookies but here here they are devine! |
| 239 | Simon Golding | Wanaka | |
| 238 | gina scott | wanaka | great spot - one reason why we bought into wanaka! |
| 237 | Richard Shepherd | Wellington | Why bulldoze a unique cultural site for more carparks or some other generic tourist attraction?
A great movie-going experience. And, my god, the cookies! |
| 236 | Nikki Meissel | Wanaka | Can't imagine living here without it... |
| 235 | Joy Burns | Sydney | The Paradiso has to be one of the best places I have ever worked. Wanaka just wouldn't be the same without it. |
| 234 | Kerry O'Boyle | Edinburgh | |
| 233 | Warren Poh | Christchurch | The Paradiso is an icon, keep it at all costs. The commercialisation at Wanaka has reached terrible levels if a Cinema that puts a town on the map is closed down. Lets save it people.
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| 232 | Tim Foster | Manchester | a brilliant place don't let it close |
| 231 | Katharina Bosien | Hamburg | |
| 230 | adi connor | Wanaka | |
| 229 | mark connor | Wanaka | |
| 228 | shandi gray | Wanaka | |
| 227 | Jillian Mazzagetti | Broomfield | Working at the Cinema is one of my favorite memories of New Zealand. Keep it open for others to get the unique experience of old time cinema! |
| 226 | Michaela Sanders | Sydney | Please don't go..! |
| 225 | Melonie Telke | RD2, Wanaka | Love the experience of the authentic cinema - an icon of Wanaka!! The 1/2 time cookies are a real treat and all my family & friends have loved them too |
| 224 | Camille Craig | Christchurch | Paradiso is the best cinema ever and the best people work there too (I worked there for 18months)!! You cant close it down it would be a tragedy!! |
| 223 | Rachael Johnson | Auckland | Paradiso is the greatest cinema - why would anyone want to close it!! |
| 222 | Alan Coop | Wanaka | Paradiso typifies what makes Wanaka the place it is. |
| 221 | Wendy Churchill | Coventry | She means king kong! |
| 220 | Corinne Muir | Coventry | Where will godzilla go? |
| 219 | Jack Humphries-Ladbrook | Invercargill | nooooo! |
| 218 | Kahli Ladbrook | Invercargill | The pARADISO IS MINT WHO'D WANNA GET RID OF IT???? ITS AN ICON!!!! |
| 217 | Penny B | Norwich | NO! Why close something so original and unique? It is simply the best cinema in the world!!! |
| 216 | Sera Jane Coombs | Whitehall | If there is no Paradiso there is no Wanaka |
| 215 | Jessica VanderStoep | St. Cloud | The Paradiso is one of a kind! Who needs Paradiso Disneyland themepark? |
| 214 | James McGraw | London | |
| 213 | jacqueline mcgraw | wanaka | don't do it!! |
| 212 | Peter Nutting | Uppingham | |
| 211 | Dan Cain | Cambridge | what the.....WHY would they close it??? |
| 210 | Eric Sharp | Halifax | Keep it open! Unique and fun memory of my trip to New Zealand. |
| 209 | Aurore Barea | Montréal | |
| 208 | Owen Hawkins | Brighton | Half time cookies. Nothing else needs to be said. |
| 207 | Naomi Ingram | Wanaka | |
| 206 | gemma gutteridge | wanaka | no way can you close, it is an awesome experience!! like no where else in the world, cookies and ice cream are great |
| 205 | Amy Kerr | Edmonton | How could you possibly get rid of the Paradiso?? Quite easily the best movie theatre in the world! |
| 204 | milly segersten | asker | |
| 203 | Melanie Jenkins | Noosa Heads | I broke my wrist on TC and Paradiso was a savior. It's an integral part of the Wanaka experience - why would anyone want to change that?? Save Paradiso! |
| 202 | Rachel House | London | I have told all my friends to visit, it can't close!! |
| 201 | Laura Hogan | Galway | Save independant cinema! |
| 200 | Peter Williams | Auckland | |
| 199 | Declan Broderick | Christchurch | |
| 198 | Helen MacFadyen | Christchurch | |
| 197 | Kate Wilkins | Wanaka | |
| 196 | hannah Falconer | kaiwera/wanaka | |
| 195 | Robert Buch | Düsseldorf | My favorite cinemax world wide!!! |
| 194 | Jason Cope | Lancaster | This is the grooviest cinema in the world and a real asset to Wanaka. It would be a tragedy to let it close. don't do it! |
| 193 | Claire Warren | Wanaka | |
| 192 | Daniela Breu | Dresden | that's a legend.. |
| 191 | Diamir de Scally | Kelowna | This place is a classic. Shutting it down is not right. |
| 190 | Malika de Scally | Kelowna | This was such an awesome experience during my travels in New Zealand. Definately one of my highlights. |
| 189 | Kate Moore | Vancouver | I've never been to a cinema with so much character. One of my favorite memories of NZ. Please don't shut it down! |
| 188 | Rebekka Jurgelucks | Bad Lippspringe | one of the best experiences I had in NZ!
absolutely amazing!
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| 187 | Sophia Jamieson | Wanaka | |
| 186 | melissa james | cairns | |
| 185 | Dominik Assig | Auckland | |
| 184 | Jenny Spilsbury | Kaiserslautern | Noooo! Please don't close paradiso! |
| 183 | Lukas Mettler | Köln (Cologne) | Its such a nice small cinema one with a heart and a soul not one of those big fancy ones, please dont close I enjoyed every minute I spent there |
| 182 | Jonathon Wills | Dunedin | please No!!!! I've told people all over the world what an awesome place it is. They will be so disappointed to arrive in Wanaka and find it closed. |
| 181 | Bastian Schroeder | Heidelberg | Certainly the best cinema I have ever been to! |
| 180 | Sebastian Thiele | Sandersdorf | Honestly why would u do this? I loved the cinema .. oh hang on i still do :) eventhough i am not there anymore... but i watched some real good movies in a awesome atmosphere ... please keep it alive !!! |
| 179 | Elyse Bouvier | Calgary | The Paradiso holds so many of my favourite memories of Wanaka. The ice cream and half-time cookies stole my heart! Please let more experience this joy. |
| 178 | Iris Abaecherli | Wanaka | it would be sad to loose this cinema.
the new location would be quite ok, too
politics as usual, bummer |
| 177 | Paul Lukehurst | nottingham | Don't close paradiso! it's the best cinema in the world!! |
| 176 | Jodie Shaw | Melbourne | Hope they don't take it away, it's great to be able to go to the movies, enjoy a glass of wine and the best cookies ever when we come home to Wanaka!! |
| 175 | Rosie Clarke | Perth | The Paradiso is a fantastic place, a unique, independent art house cinema that everyone in Wanaka loves, visitors and locals. It was one of my favourite places when I used to live here. I'd be really sorry to see it close down - the community will have lost a special place. |
| 174 | laura beauchamp | Haywards Heath | Many many happy times here. It is unique and must be saved in order that it can bring happiness to many more people. Beautiful Wanaka would not be the same without the fabulous and funky Paradiso! |
| 173 | AJ Barty | Wellington | I worked and lived in Wanaka 2004 and the Paradiso is a part of the community. I can't believe anyone would even THINK of closing it down. Damn the man, save the Paradiso! |
| 172 | Jules Stahlhut | Wanaka | They don't call it the paradiso for nothing it's paradise! Don't let it close tell your friends about this!!! |
| 171 | Henrik de Blij | Lake Wanaka | A place where dreams have been realised by a couple of very special people. Creativity and enthousiasm flows freely at Cinema Paradiso and it has a important place in the Wanaka admosphere. Let them continue to build the dream! I'm sure it will be a very special place. |
| 170 | Blair Davidson | Whangarei | One of my favourite spots in the world, a true asset to Wanaka that adds to the charm and experience of the place!! |
| 169 | Sophie Melchior | Wellington | |
| 168 | Margaret Truscott family | Auckland | A Wanaka institution. Too unique to loose.
We have many great memories of this special place. |
| 167 | Iain Macaskill | London | Its part of Wanaka's soul. |
| 166 | Mac Passmore | Wanaka | |
| 165 | Mette Larsen | Oslo | It's the greatest cinema in the world |
| 164 | Rachelle Whidden | kingston | Whenever I talk about NZ, I always tell people about this place! I hate to see such a unique and delicious place close down. |
| 163 | sophie pettigrew | Manchester | I totally plan to go back to Wanaka, in part down to this place - it cannot go! |
| 162 | Kate Clagett | Middlebury | This is the greatest place ever. I want to start one of my own in the USA. |
| 161 | Maegan Ortiz | wanaka | That is one of my favorite places :) |
| 160 | Cath Davenport | Sydney | I can't believe it! They're surely not closing the Paradiso????? Stop this insanity right now! |
| 159 | Sioned Owen | Glasgow | I've been in Wanaka for three winters at the park and provig ground, wanaka just wount be the same without! |
| 158 | Alison Prosser | Hinckley | |
| 157 | Juliet Bate | Sheffield | I haven't been yet but I also haven't heard of anywhere else where you can watch a film from a car.
Don't close it! x |
| 156 | Caroline McDowie | Leicester | |
| 155 | Hermione Barnett | London | I've lived in four countries and reckon it's the best cinema I've ever been to. I always tell people that they have to go if they visit New Zealand... so aside from its fabulousness it's good for tourism! |
| 154 | caroline schley | tahoe city | can't imagine wanaka without it |
| 153 | Helen Fear | London | This cannot happen!!!!!!! Forget the Blockbuster cinemas, the Paradiso is charming, comfy and a rare treat. Totally grubby chic!! |
| 152 | Tracey Gardiner | Stevenage | One of the highlights of my trip to Wanaka, I've been recommending Paradiso to everyone when they visit NZ...it has to stay open!! |
| 151 | Tony Schollum | Auckland | |
| 150 | Jesse Herrera | Queenstown | Best cookies around plus they serve the delicious Wanaka Beerworks Brews |
| 149 | Kyle Friesen | Fernie | |
| 148 | Juliet Robinson | Welwyn Garden City | Best cinema in the world, and the best cookies |
| 147 | Birgit Ertl | Radstadt | |
| 146 | Holly Algie | Auckland | Wanaka would never be the same again with Paradiso! |
| 145 | alzbeta sachova | Uherske Hradiste | please, keep Paradiso alive! thank you. |
| 144 | Sage McBride | Fernie | Mmmm cookies. I used to sneak there at intermission just to feast on them. |
| 143 | Abby Wilson | Queenstown/Auckland | So very very wrong, where has the heart of our country gone? oh thats right SELLING OUT! come on NZ keep in real like we are known for. peace out x |
| 142 | Abby Wilson | Queenstown/Auckland | So very very wrong, where are is the heart of country going? oh thats right we are SELLING OUT. keep Nz real like we've always been known for. Peace out x |
| 141 | Henry Long | Dunedin | |
| 140 | Scott Austin | East Grinstead | Lots of character, and good cookies |
| 139 | Niklas Lindgren | Linköping | My favourite cinema ever. Haven't seen anything like it. |
| 138 | Zoe Castle | Poole | |
| 137 | Petra Merrick | Mt Maunganui | Im sick of people with money bulldozing stuff in wanaka to make things 'bigger and better' ITS FINE THE WAY IT IS. Do we want another Qtown? Heck no! |
| 136 | mark brown | Lake Hawea | This is exactly the type of place Wanaka wants more of - it has a growing international reputation and will go through a growth period like Queenstown (not to everyones liking!!!) - but for what ever reason it is closing (couldn't see why) - let's do what we can to stop it! I have just put it up on my web site to help referers. |
| 135 | Sophie Aubrey | Christchurch | why are they removing all the character from the town and putting up more motels, this is not queenstown people! |
| 134 | Ginny Kerr | Queenstown | It's a Kiwi Icon! The Kiwi Experience Passengers LOVE it! Their talking about it even before they've arrived in the South Island!! We LOVE the Paradiso!!!! |
| 133 | Eric Nicolson | Fernie | love that ice cream |
| 132 | Greg Lusk | Brighton | i think of this place and it makes me smile. id be horrified to think it would become a figment of my imagination. i want to send my kids here travelling when there old enough. so if you can hold off closure for at least 25 years that would be great.
go paradiso. |
| 131 | Joe Kocharian | Bradford | |
| 130 | Ephraim Jacobsen | Queenstown | |
| 129 | Kacey Pfab | Aspen | |
| 128 | Oliver Kinbrum | Birmingham | The Paradiso must be saved, by far the best cinema in the world and no 7 quid hotdogs and glued on smiles to be seen. Warm cookies make me happy and just knowing they are out there is sufficient consolation on a dreary afternoon in England! |
| 127 | Morten Jaegersdorf | hjørring | |
| 126 | Kate Barnett | Derby | For the cookies alone ... no no please don't go!!! Down the man long live the Paradiso x |
| 125 | Ewan Gray | Inverness | I was there in 2000 and 2001 The best Cinema in the World!! Do not close it .. It should be preserved for ever!! |
| 124 | Chantelle Hastie | London | |
| 123 | Peter Birt-Llewellin | Little Haven | The best cinema in the world! |
| 122 | Sara Mallett | Toronto | I LOVE THE PARADISO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 121 | Ian Blain | Cambridge | The Paradiso is a big part of why Wanaka is so special, I have never seen another cinema like it! |
| 120 | Jim Mackenzie | Leeds UK/Newcastle AUS | The Paradiso HAS to stay!! |
| 119 | Philip Vass | London | Many nights have been spent in the place and long may it live on for other people |
| 118 | Philip Vass | London | Many nights have been spent in the place and long may it live on for other people |
| 117 | Caroline Stevenson | London | |
| 116 | Clare Boyd | Farnham | Gotta save the cookie cinema!!!! |
| 115 | Bethan Turner | Cardiff | |
| 114 | Rachel Collins | Dublin | |
| 113 | Mia Mathias | Leeds | |
| 112 | Aimee Jeffrey | Queenstown | |
| 111 | Graham Kelly | Worcester | It has to be the best Cinema I have ever been too! |
| 110 | Mark Morris | Southampton | |
| 109 | laurence young | dublin | save it for people like me who have never managed to grace its lobbies.. i'm crazy to visit after so many good things said of it. |
| 108 | Sam Richards | Cambridge | It's a Wanaka INSTITUTION |
| 107 | Lauren Haycox | Birmingham | |
| 106 | sarah denny | perth | dont let wanaka turn into QT and lose the little things like that place |
| 105 | Matt Russell | Scotland | Spent a few days in Wanaka 2 years ago on my tour round NZ. The cinema is one of my favourite memories, especially the cookies at the interval. Such a chilled out place, would be a shame to see it go!
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| 104 | stephanie Oliver | Carlisle | someone said to me... "The paridiso has the BEST homemade cookies and ice cream in the WORLD!" I was like "Yeah, I'm sure. I've had homemade cookies and ice cream before!" But you know what, they were soooo right. It was amazing and the sofas are really comfy! |
| 103 | stephanie Oliver | Carlisle | someone said to me... "The paridiso has the BEST homemade cookies and ice cream in the WORLD!" I was like "Yeah, I'm sure. I've had homemade cookies and ice cream before!" But you know what, they were soooo right. It was amazing and the sofas are really comfy! |
| 102 | ben eyers | wanaka | |
| 101 | Anita Sutton | Abbotsford | |
| 100 | SAM SMOOTHY | CROMWELL | |
| 99 | Amber 'nectar' Vallance | Adelaide | Couches, cookies and mulled wine who could go wrong after a hard days riding! The Paradiso is so much more than just a cinema! Wanaka will never the same without it! |
| 98 | Tatjana Breda-Gulbrandsen | kongsberg/wanaka | I LOOOOOVE that place!!! Save Paradiso!!!! |
| 97 | Stu Horswell | Wanaka | Keep the Paradiso! |
| 96 | Jacob Rothrock | Winter Park | I've had too many first and last dates at the paradiso to see it go. |
| 95 | catie hodge | dunedin | |
| 94 | Jesse Bright | Cairns | Paradiso is such a top place to hang out. Destroying it is taking a part of history and jumping and down on it til it resembles a new shopping mall. |
| 93 | Jennifer Horner | Wellington | Best cinema I've ever been to. And those cookies still dreaming about them today. |
| 92 | Dylan Carlson | Port Angeles | What a great theater. You just can't buy beer at the movies in the USA. Nor fresh cookies! |
| 91 | Amy Dunlop | Longtan | |
| 90 | Mike Wells | Inverness | Wanaka is special because it's full of idiosyncrasies, so it's not just another bland branded town. The Paradiso epitomises this; it makes an average film into a special night out. I'd been really looking forward to going back there and I very much hope it survives. |
| 89 | Zoe Shorter | Auckland | BEST PLACE EVER!!! |
| 88 | Jenn Johnson | Fernie | |
| 87 | John McEvoy | Brighton | Unqiue cineman, why would you get rid of it |
| 86 | Dan Gregoire | Calgary | this is the best movie theatre eva, drinkin beers and eatin cookies while watchin a movie, what else can you ask for |
| 85 | Danielle Spychka | Edmonton | I lived in Wanaka for part of a summer and on through the winter in 2004, and despite the fact that I wasn't there for very long, the Paradiso holds some very special memories for me. There is not a place in the world that is so wonderful and unique and it is as much a part of Wanaka as the mountains and the lake. I hope to come back again one day and without the Paradiso, things just wouldn't be the same. |
| 84 | Will Selby | Brighton | Awsome, awsome, awsome.....must stay! |
| 83 | Maddy Sheerin | Wanaka | |
| 82 | Stef Ovenden | England | Yummy cookies. |
| 81 | Sharon Anderson | Wellington | Don't close it. It's the best cinema in the country (and possibly the world). And the cookies.... |
| 80 | katherine dunleavy | wanaka | |
| 79 | sharon gooding | Wanaka | |
| 78 | Jennifer Guthrie | Langley | This was the best theatre I have ever been too. |
| 77 | Amanda Iavarone | Queenstown | To close this cinema would be a crime!! it's unique! |
| 76 | Iain Forrest | Queenstown | Found out about the Paradiso thanks to this website and went there for the first time the other day. It rocks!!! best cinema experience ever. Things like this should never close down. |
| 75 | Holly Else | Brighton | The paradiso rocks. keep it alive! |
| 74 | Shane Anderson | Telluride | I have lived in wanaka a couple of times, and am planning on moving back soon. The Paradiso is such a unique and defining point of town. I have met people from all over who identify their entire experience in Wanaka with going to the Paradiso. Let the legacy live on! |
| 73 | Emily O'Brien | Whitby | |
| 72 | Alex McLellan | Hockley | I lived in Wanaka in 2005 and the Paradiso was the place we all headed on our days off work if the weather was bad up the hill! The cookies and ice cream are the beat in the world, and curling up on a sofa in the cinema was the best was to watch a film! I hope it is still there when i return to Wanaka! The place wouldn't be the same without it! |
| 71 | Emily Moore | Adelaide | This movie theatre is the best ever! |
| 70 | Genevieve King | Kaikoura | |
| 69 | Trevor Cray | Wanaka | ca'mon guys why close one of the best things to happen to wanaka. theres nothing better than going and seeing a movie. in what seems to be relativly like home with all the couches and chairs. its so much fun and to make it another 'big' cinema is wack. sure build another one but leave this one alive! |
| 68 | Tanya Crook | Melbourne | This is a bummer - i think it will make a big gap in this little town! |
| 67 | simon stowell | banff | |
| 66 | nicole holmes | banff | |
| 65 | anna ross | berkhamsted | i have been to wanaka 4 times when travelling and i love the cinema when i'm there! i know its not the same as being a regular but i love the cinema and what it represents. |
| 64 | Katirna Yick | Wanaka | |
| 63 | Alex Johnson | Abashiri-gun | I may be living in Japan currently but I am a kiwi and I have spent my fair share of years living in Wanaka. I haven't visited for a while but am looking forward to returning this winter - with out a Paradiso it just wouldn't be the same. Good Luck with the Petition!!! |
| 62 | camilla stoddart | leadburn | |
| 61 | Ross Whitelae | wanaka | |
| 60 | dom hayden | wanaka | The place is awesome, where esle can stretch out and watch a flick except home?? you dont get the frills at home though - hot cookies, an interval meal, passion fruit ice cream and cool, friendly staff and the most wicked shadow hand puppets. Callum and his cerw have put heart and soul into the project, dont destroy that. "Vive La Paradiso" |
| 59 | Iain Ramsey | Queenstown | This place is something special, the whole experience sum's up Wanaka... laid back, easy going, a little bit rough around the edges!... Don't lose it!! |
| 58 | anna mcgrath | wanaka | I love paradiso and it is a huge attraction in wanaka. keep it real man |
| 57 | Jeff Roberts | Banff | Truely the best cinema experience on the planet! |
| 56 | Hannah Steven | WANAKA/Brighton | no way! paradiso is such a unique part of our beautiful town, closing it down will mean we will just get a commercialised cinema like everyone else has, whats next mcdonalds?! |
| 55 | Ben Reynolds | Christchurch | DON'T DO IT!!! |
| 54 | Jesse Robson | Calgary | |
| 53 | Ollie Stewart | London | I used to help Callum and Andrea out on my weekends when not at school, back in 1995 and its been one of the best most positive intune with Wanaka establishments since then. Get rid of this and your going to let the greedy developers take even more than they reasize from the locals. |
| 52 | Naomi Atkin | Manchester | This place kept me sanewhile working in the orchards in Cromwell! And it does the best ice cream ever! dont go please paradiso! |
| 51 | Helen Tallett | Leeds | Where else in the world can you enjoy cookies, ice cream and a sofas watching films......... |
| 50 | Chris Brown | Wanaka | sad to see local icons like this forgotten in the relentless drive to turn wanaka into another anonymous tourist town :( |
| 49 | Daniel Hornstein | Christchurch | Pleaaaaaase don't close the Paradiso.....it is legendary icon of the South. |
| 48 | Chris Allsopp | Stoke-on-Trent, UK | Don't let the Paradiso die! |
| 47 | Jennifer Surma | Banchory | The Paradiso is so unique it would be such a shame to loose it. Definately one of the first places I tell people to go check out in Wanaka. |
| 46 | Anthony Holmes | Manchester | Noooooo.... saw 'Ray' here, sat in a comfy sofa. Where else in the world can you sit in a comfy sofa in a cinema!?! |
| 45 | Nicola Green | London | Can't believe this news. Am heading to Wanaka this season again and one of the things I'm most looking forward to is Paradiso. The original can never be replaced and the talk about moving it down the road to a new complex just won't work - it will never be the same. |
| 44 | Spencer Parry | Queenstown | |
| 43 | Matthew Taine | Timaru/Dunedin/Wanaka | |
| 42 | Phil Cowie | Manchester | |
| 41 | Charley Phillips | Edinburgh | |
| 40 | Zoe Castle | Bournemouth | |
| 39 | Christopher Taine | Timaru/Wanaka/Whistler | |
| 38 | Will HOddell | Wanaka | |
| 37 | Hayley Furze | Cabarita Beach | I cant believe they want to close it.. This is the best cinema ive been to any where in the world!!!
First we lost the Green Room ( same owners) now they want to take Paradiso..NOOOOOO |
| 36 | natalie decaro | Victoria BC | |
| 35 | Naomi Arnold | Wonju | |
| 34 | Jenny Charlton | Wanaka | A jem of Wanaka that needs to be preserved. Many good times had there! |
| 33 | wendy Dalgliesh | Aberdeen | Nooooooo!! Its the dogs bo***cks in the world of cinemas. Ive not experienced fresh cookies at break and comfy seats anywhere else. Its one of a kind and needs to be conserved! |
| 32 | Andrew Jeffries | Edinburgh | Great memories, fun times. Please don't close the Paradiso! |
| 31 | Nichole Fortin | Guilford | Please don't close the cinema!! Lived in Wanaka for a year and LOVED smelling those cookies bake as intermission approached as well as scoping out the most cumfy couch. The Paradiso brought me: Calandar Girls, 50 First Dates, Love Actually, Kill Bill 2, and Harry Potter! |
| 30 | Sophie Hughes | manchester | |
| 29 | Kirsty Todd | Doncaster | |
| 28 | Peter Osborne | Oxford | |
| 27 | Joanna Williamson | Geneva | I might have once been bitten by a flea in a Paradiso arm-chair... but that cinema is one of a kind and we don't want to lose it... best cookies, best ice-cream, best service. Going home and seeing my Mum wouldn't be the same without an evening at the Paradiso. |
| 26 | caroline osborne | Oxford | I tell people about this cinema all over the world. It is an institution u cant close her down! |
| 25 | rhys monahan | durham | |
| 24 | chris Langston | Gwynedd | |
| 23 | Lucy Perrott | Bristol | best cinema, hands down. |
| 22 | Paul Grainger | Sunderland | Dont do it!! As everyone says when i came home from Wanaka the first thing i told people about was the most awesome cinema in the world!! Man, i still dream about those cookies!! |
| 21 | Michael Hamilton | Preston Brook | I will never forget the cardies evening we had watching Shrek 2 and getting cookies, and pop corn. Of the memories! |
| 20 | Tom Kenny | Leeds | Best cinema I've ever been to |
| 19 | Jonny Schofield | Harrogate | Wanaka...and the world would not be the same without the sweetest cinema in the universe!!! |
| 18 | Andrew du Plessis | Villars | Most amazing cinema i've ever been to, has to stay open. |
| 17 | Doug Bryce | Edinburgh | The paradisio is a Wanaka legend. And part of the character of the town is such quirky little places.
Dont let Wanaka turn into Queenstown !! Save the paradiso. Anyone who has done a ski season there will remember the place with fond memories. |
| 16 | robin fox | queenstown | |
| 15 | Robert Williams | Doncaster, UK | Wanaka wouldn't be the same without it! Save the Paradiso! |
| 14 | Helen Stokes | Stonely, Cambridgeshire | Wanaka is not going to be the same without it!!! |
| 13 | Heidi Malo | Mont-Tremblant | wanaka wouldn't be the same without it... |
| 12 | Logan Gaede | Fernie | |
| 11 | Tony Schollum | Auckland | |
| 10 | Hamish Allen | Wellington | One of the big tourist attractions in Wanaka, and for all of us who have lived there, a great place to catch up with friends over a meal followed by a movie and the best homemade cookies and icecream you can find anywhere. It would be a shame to loose it. |
| 9 | lucy martin | isle of wight | i LOVE the paradiso, apart from amazing food, cookies, seats, atmosphere, films etc it draws people to wanaka from around and about just to see the cinema...surely thats good for everyone?
anyone i ever meet who has been to wanaka says did you go to the Paradiso? |
| 8 | William Ng | Hong Kong | Its the best cinema in the world and it would be such a shame if it closes~ we are going to lose a cinema with such a character
also it has the world's best cookie and i am not lying!!! |
| 7 | Sophie Islip | Salisbury | I love the Paridiso and their cookies!!! Please save the cinema! |
| 6 | Chantel Kuefler | Fernie | Save the Paradiso! It's a vital part of Wanaka's individuality! |
| 5 | Jonathan Lewis | Manchester | I spent 12 weeks in Wanaka during the ski season of 2004. Despite the amazing scenery and skiing The Paradiso was literally one of the first things I told people about when I got home. I'd never come across anything like it and I prefer it so much more to the bland chains we have in the UK. SAVE IT! |
| 4 | Rebecca Shay | London | The best thing i remember about visiting Wanaka in my round the world trip was the amazing lake, mountains and CINEMA!!!! iT WOULD BE A TRAGEDY TO CLOSE DOWN THE PARADISO, IT IS AMAZING |
| 3 | ross french | christchurch/Wanaka | the Paradiso can not be recreated plz keep the old one.
wanaka is loosing its character.
I have many mates who go to wanaka every year and already people are saying its not the same and that soon it will be another QT.
Wanaka should not just be for the rich who moan about the unclean paradiso.
Lets just clean it up.
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| 2 | robin kinnaird | kingussie | The greatest cinema in the world which should be preserved forever |
| 1 | Chris Charpentier | Whistler | The Paradiso is classic. Please don't close it!!! Petition started May 8th 2007 |
