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  "textContent": "Donna Demente is facing the closure of her Oamaru gallery due to a significant rent rise. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN Donna Demente has asked the Waitaki District Council to reconsider its push to ‘‘commercialise’’ Oamaru’s historic precinct as a proposed rent hike threatens the future of her Grainstore Gallery.",
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