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Annie Whitfield, Valerie Ottaway, Leslie White, Peter MacKenzie and Heidi Jeynes perform in 2017 for ‘Murder At Checkmate Manor’ at the Little Theatre. She said a hard decision needed to be made by the council, whether that was to knock the building down or fix it. Larsen said she was concerned at a lack of suitable facilities for groups to use if the theatre closed, which the council acknowledged in its latest long-term plan. In 2018, the council committed $200,000 out of $1.4m-$1.6m needed for seismic-strengthening. This did not include an additional $1m later estimated for upgrades to the dilapidated interior.
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Some of the region s sports facilities are being held together with duct tape , many are in their second or third waves of life , with some clubs operating without much to call a facility at all.
Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti, Trust Tairāwhiti and Gisborne District Council have partnered to ask central government for the funding over the next decade, saying the goal for a complete revamp is well beyond the financial resources of the region.
After two years spent engaging with about 200 sporting groups, clubs, codes and individuals, staff behind it described presenting the business case as a reasonably momentous and auspicious point in the process.