{"id":156867,"date":"2025-11-27T20:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T20:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/156867\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T20:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T20:24:10","slug":"new-jobs-timezone-arcade-to-open-at-rotorua-central-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/156867\/","title":{"rendered":"New jobs: Timezone arcade to open at Rotorua Central Mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe\u2019re hiring for a variety of positions, including our Fun Squad \u2013 our friendly venue team members who engage with guests to ensure a welcoming and enjoyable experience \u2013 party hosts, skilled technicians, and experienced venue managers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Timezone said the Central Mall location was easily accessible and welcoming to both locals and tourists. <\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">The 800sq m site formerly housed the mall\u2019s Countdown supermarket. <\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Timezone general manager James Woodbridge said he was excited to launch the venue in Rotorua.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis opening reflects our commitment to innovation, community, and creating spaces where people can come together and make lasting memories.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Timezone is going into the former Countdown site in the Rotorua Central Mall.   Photo \/ Andrew Warner\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Timezone is going into the former Countdown site in the Rotorua Central Mall.   Photo \/ Andrew Warner<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">There would be a curated selection of dance and beat games, including exclusive titles such as DDR Gold, alongside favourites such as maimai and Taiko no Tatsujin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Motorsport enthusiasts could take the driver\u2019s seat in Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6, a high-speed racing experience that delivered pulse-pounding action and competitive thrills, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">The Prize Vault would have rewards for players with earned tickets. <\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Opening day celebrations would include exclusive giveaways to the first 300 guests and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Customers with current Powercards can use them at the new Timezone Rotorua venue and locations nationwide. <\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">Planning for the new venue began last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">CityFitness was expected to join Timezone at the former Countdown site next year, the Rotorua Daily Post reported this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/rotorua-daily-post\/news\/on-the-up-rotorua-central-mall-freshchoice-supermarket-opens-with-up-to-50-new-jobs\/QHLCJLWIWNERJAZMJ2RFT75SZI\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/rotorua-daily-post\/news\/on-the-up-rotorua-central-mall-freshchoice-supermarket-opens-with-up-to-50-new-jobs\/QHLCJLWIWNERJAZMJ2RFT75SZI\/\">Rotorua Central Mall FreshChoice<\/a> was officially opened in the mall on November 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">FreshChoice executive general manager Tim Cartwright said at the opening that the supermarket was creating up to 50 new jobs, using a \u201clocals first\u201d approach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JrrgOILX\" style=\"display:none\">The supermarket is on the site of the old Smiths City store, which closed in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe\u2019re hiring for a variety of positions, including our Fun Squad \u2013 our friendly venue team members who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[103802,1975,1853,50605,232,52058,130,117,111,139,69,5493,1327,213,131,103801,61],"class_list":["post-156867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-arcade","tag-at","tag-central","tag-creating","tag-jobs","tag-mall","tag-more","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-open","tag-rotorua","tag-sports","tag-than","tag-timezone","tag-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}