The manager of the Oamaru and Waitaki Visitor Information Centre came armed with 147 letters of support when asking councillors to reinstate funding for the shuttered facility this week. Carolyn Lewis told Waitaki district councillors that while the council had previously said it would reinstate visitor information services elsewhere in an existing cultural facility, there was ‘‘no assessment’’ of what that would look like. ‘‘With 36,000 visitors through our doors [Whitestone City] last year, our role isn’t something that can be added on to existing staff at other facilities or businesses that have their own work to do. ‘‘Budget cuts and uncertainty from year to year has made it difficult to initiate long-term relationships. ‘‘It’s also made it harder to market Whitestone City to tour companies except with itineraries 12-18 months in advance,’’ she said.…