Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed

The Detail by RNZ

Sep 27, 202600:20:59News & Politics

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. Economist Shamubeel Eaqub finds ou...

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