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Campus Update – Auditorium Upgrade
CAMPUS UPDATE
Auditorium Upgrade
Since its development back in the 1980s, the Kristin Auditorium has represented the beating heart of our school. It enables our Kristin Community to come together to enjoy world-class school productions, celebrate our amazing students, hear from inspiring speakers, congregate for school assemblies, compete for points in House Music and so much more. However, in recent years this facility has been needing refurbishment.
So, back in May 2021 the Board approved a proposal to replace seats and make improvements including rebuilding the front of the stage and stairs, painting, enhancing the acoustics and installing a new stage curtain, lectern and carpet. This work included modernising the colour palette from the old red and creams to a cleaner light grey along with the Kristin teal. We’ve also installed air conditioning, which had long been needed to provide greater comfort levels during hot summer special assemblies and ceremonies.
This refurbishment work started in October 2021 and was completed over the summer break, on schedule for the start of school in February 2022. However, the Government’s COVID-19 Protective Framework (CPF) ‘Red’ settings restricting large gatherings meant the school was not able to fully utilise the upgraded facilities until the start of Term 2, with the CPF setting moving down to ‘Orange’. We are delighted with the changes and that they’ve been able to be completed in time for Kristin to celebrate our 50th anniversary in March 2023.
‘TAKE YOUR SEAT’ CAMPAIGN
Our ‘Take Your Seat’ fundraising campaign, initially launched on 16 August 2021, seeks donations for the Auditorium Upgrade through offering ‘naming rights’ to variously priced new seats within our refurbished Auditorium. The donors have their names acknowledged on a plaque on their chosen seat.
There is a total of 1,023 seats available for people to name, and almost one-third of these seats were immediately donated. However, soon after launch Auckland found itself in the longest Alert Level 4/3 lockdown period from 17 August through into November 2021, putting our fundraising campaign on hold.
Our ‘Take Your Seat’ campaign relaunched in Term 1 this year, and will remain live at https://takeyourseat.kristin.school.nz/ until August 2022. With about a third of the seats still available for naming rights donation, we welcome the Kristin Community’s continuing support of this campaign. For further details, please contact our Events Manager, Tash Bartlett, via email:
