{"id":626747,"date":"2026-10-10T21:50:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/626747\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T21:50:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:50:26","slug":"east-of-eden-through-oamarus-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/626747\/","title":{"rendered":"East of Eden through Oamaru\u2019s eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oamaru\u2019s transformation to California\u2019s agricultural era has been captured in a series of photographs soon to be on display.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Waitaki District Council announced this week the\u00a0top 10 photographs of Netflix\u2019s\u00a0East of Eden had been chosen.<\/p>\n<p>Held in partnership between Oamaru Whitestone Civic\u00a0Trust, Tourism Waitaki and the council, around 70 photos were entered in \u201cEast of Eden: Through Our Eyes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0top 10 photographs came from seven photographers \u2014\u00a0Andy Yeoman, Eddie\u00a0Robinson, Kelly Jones, Gill Loveridge, Margaret Munro, Ron Harris and Tom Davies, the council said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each photographer received a prize pack and a double-pass to last week\u2019s \u00a0community\u00a0screening of Episode 6 of East of Eden.<\/p>\n<p>The competition was judged by\u00a0Martin Horspool, Shelley Winsor, Dan Lewis and\u00a0Hamish Saxton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The final collection of 50 photos will be placed on exhibition in Oamaru\u2019s Heritage\u00a0Precinct later in November.<\/p>\n<p> <img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden2-jpg.webp\" width=\"1949\" height=\"2923\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"narrow-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/><img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden2-jpg.webp\" width=\"1949\" height=\"2923\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"wider-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/>Tom Davies&#8217; photo. Photo: Tom Davies<img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden3-jpg.webp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"narrow-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/><img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden3-jpg.webp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"wider-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/>Eddie Robinson&#8217;s &#8216;Extras&#8217;. Photo: Eddie Robinson<img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden4-jpg.webp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"narrow-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/><img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden4-jpg.webp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"wider-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/>Gill Loveridge&#8217;s &#8216;Backstage boys&#8217;. Photo: Gill Loveridge<img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden5-jpg.webp\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"narrow-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/><img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden5-jpg.webp\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"wider-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/>Kelly Jones&#8217; Closing Time. Photo: Kelly Jones<img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden6-jpg.webp\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"narrow-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/><img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden6-jpg.webp\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"wider-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/>Kelly Jones&#8217; &#8216;Action Walk Repeat&#8217;. Photo: Kelly Jones<img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden7-jpg.webp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"narrow-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/><img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden7-jpg.webp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"wider-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/>Margaret Munro&#8217;s &#8216;Smoking Guns&#8217;. Photo: Margaret Munro<img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden8-jpg.webp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"366\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"narrow-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/><img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/copy-of-om16eastofeden8-jpg.webp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"366\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"wider-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/>Ron Harris&#8217; &#8216;Run&#8217;. Photo: Ron Harris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oamaru\u2019s transformation to California\u2019s agricultural era has been captured in a series of photographs soon to be on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-626747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626747","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=626747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}