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Balclutha (Part 1)

Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed vor 1 Monat

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Economist Shamubeel Eaqub recounts how the term 'zombie towns'
created an outcry in rural New Zealand. Now, a decade on, he
wants to understand if anything has changed in the provinces. Did
he miss something back then? Why have the economic statistics
started to change - albeit slowly? What's going on in New
Zealand's economic heartland? He chooses to focus on two towns:
Balclutha and Tokoroa. He travels first to South Otago, where he
quickly discovers locals determined to show him they are not the
walking dead.

In this episode, Shamubeel talks to:

Nigel Stirling - South Otago farmer and former RNZ economics
correspondent

Ruth Baldwin - manu whenua

Bryan Cadogan - three-term mayor of South Otago

Olive Glover - lost two farms as a result of Rogernomics
reforms

Dr Branko Sijnja - Balclutha general practitioner

You can read more about the series on the RNZ website here

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details