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Three festive jewels in Oamaru’s crown, struggling to raise funds, are considering joining forces to protect their futures. The Harbour Street Jazz...

Tyler Gray and Catriona Schoneveld had never met before they auditioned for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. But they now share a special bond, playing twins Jeremy and Jemima Potts in Musical Theatre Oamaru’s children’s theatre production. Rehearsals for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr started in March, and Catriona (9) and Tyler (10) had both enjoyed getting to know new people, and acting and interacting with them on and off stage. It had been an “amazing” experience watching it all come together, Tyler said. “I’ve really enjoyed it.” Tyler, who goes to Fenwick School, thought he woul...

Waitaki District Health Services chief executive Phil Jamieson. The past few weeks have been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for New Zealand, our community, and your hospital. To lock down or not to lock down – that has been the question. At time of writing this column, Waitaki and the rest of New Zealand had moved to Alert Level 2, while our poor old Auckland cousins returned to Level 3. While distance seems to work in our favour these days, it shows the importance of keeping up our guard. Also, the actions of a few potentially not following guidelines can affect many.

Oamaru’s commercial accommodation providers could be in trouble if something is not done to counter the effect Airbnbs are having on the industry. Poshtel owner Phillip McNicholl is calling on the Waitaki District Council to take “decisive and bold” action before there are no commercial operators left in Oamaru. There are about 135 Airbnb properties running in Oamaru, but before Covid-19 there had been more than 300. “Each one of those has got two or three bedrooms. That’s equivalent of, you know, 20 Poshtels being built in that period of three years,” Mr McNicholl said. “It’s...