Bluff's popular oyster festival has sold out and two tickets have already appeared online, being auctioned at more than three times their original price. Kylie FowlerFor the third consecutive year, the event sold out by Waitangi Day. Bluff Oyster and Food Festival committee member Kylie Fowler said she was still fielding calls from people desperate to get their hands on some tickets. Less than two days after selling out, the first two tickets appeared online on Friday morning. By Friday evening the bid was $206, almost three times the original $70 the tickets would have cost.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 11, 2019 15:33 UTC