Editing Oamaru (section)

== Cultural references ==
[[Janet Frame]] fictionalised the Oamaru of her childhood as "Waimaru", her 'kingdom by the sea'. Some of [[Fiona Farrell]]'s literary works also feature Oamaru. [[Peter F. Hamilton]]'s novel ''[[The Dreaming Void]]'' (London: Macmillan, 2007; {{ISBN|978-1-4050-8880-0}}) refers to "the backwater External World of Oamaru" (page 22). The same author's science-fiction novel [[Great North Road (book)|''Great North Road'']] mentions a remote camp called Oamaru, set up in the unexplored remote continent of Brogal on the [[Sirius]]-system planet St Libra in the year 2143.<ref>
{{cite book
| last                  = Hamilton
| first                 = Peter F.
| author-link            = Peter F. Hamilton
| title                 = Great North Road
| url                   = https://books.google.com/books?id=xxzYO4_yLksC
| access-date            = 8 June 2013
| year                  = 2012
| publisher             = Tor UK 
| isbn                  = 9781743298381 
| quote                 = Wukang was the first of the three projected forward camps, arranged almost like compass points, north-west, due north, and north-east from Sarvar, which was now being relegated to supply-base status. Varese, the camp due north, was already having its landing strip bulldozed; while Oamaru, away to the east, had just received its first successful Berlin landing yesterday. No more forward camps were scheduled — this was as far as the expedition was going to venture, as far as the budget would take them.
}}
</ref>

Parts of Oamaru's Victorian precinct were used for the set of the Netflix films ''[[The Royal Treatment (film)|The Royal Treatment]]''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Heyward|first=Ruby|date=27 March 2021|title=Transformation in Oamaru for filming|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/transformation-oamaru-filming|access-date=25 April 2021|website=[[Otago Daily Times]] |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[The Power of the Dog (film)|The Power of the Dog]].''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hollywood star Kirsten Dunst spotted filming Jane Campion movie in Oamaru|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/hollywood-star-kirsten-dunst-spotted-filming-jane-campion-movie-in-oamaru/SX2KIDNXLEIKNROOV2L5AXNEUQ/|access-date=25 April 2021|website=[[New Zealand Herald]]|language=en-NZ|archive-date=25 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425082503/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/hollywood-star-kirsten-dunst-spotted-filming-jane-campion-movie-in-oamaru/SX2KIDNXLEIKNROOV2L5AXNEUQ/|url-status=live}}</ref> and in January 2025, the Netflix TV series ''East of Eden''.<ref>{{cite web |author= <!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date= 12 January 2025 |title= Netflix production of East of Eden, starring Florence Pugh, turns heads in Ōamaru and Dunedin |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/360545744/east-eden-filming-netflix-adaptation-full-swing-oamaru |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |accessdate= 16 January 2025}}</ref>