Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed
Hosted by Shamubeel and Shamubeel Eaqub · RNZ
5.0from 1 ratings
- 6
- Episodes
- 6
- Transcribed
- 1
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed
Economist Shamubeel ‘zombie towns’ Eaqub travels to Balclutha and Tokoroa to find out what’s really going on in heartland New Zealand, analysing how struggling communities regain their financial mojo.
- Publisher
- RNZ
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Sept 2026
- Latest episode
- 18 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
6 of 6 episodes have a transcript.
18 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Tokoroa (Part 2)
11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Balclutha (Part 3)
4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Balclutha (Part 2)
27 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Tokoroa (Part 1)
27 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Balclutha (Part 1)
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Introducing: Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed
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Tokoroa (Part 2)
Published 18 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We let it, we put that in place, but we gave shared responsibility to those other people to come up with solutions going forward. And here's the kicker. Project Phoenix was remarkably successful. I think it's important to realise though that out of the 200 odd jobs that were made redundant from the Kinleith Mall and the big point is where you get the support from within the community is that only two of them needed to go on a benefit because they were either jobs found locally for them or they were able to source other jobs elsewhere whether it be transfers to other firms within the industry. I did the cost-benefit analysis of 200 people on a benefit. […]
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- Gary Petley
- Mark O’Leary
- Memphis Rangiwhakawa
- Paniora Daniels
- Liam Goodwin
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Shamubeel and Shamubeel Eaqub host the show. Published by RNZ.
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