Week in Review:
Auckland economist Shamubeel Eaqub once described struggling provincial centres as 'zombie towns'. Now revisiting places like Balclutha and Tokoroa he finds that NZ might be the zombie – and local the cure.
Auckland economist Shamubeel Eaqub once described struggling provincial centres as 'zombie towns'. Now revisiting places like Balclutha and Tokoroa he finds that NZ might be the zombie – and local the cure.
Zombie Towns: Getting a life in Tokoroa
newsroom.co.nz
October 10, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Week in Review:
Auckland economist Shamubeel Eaqub once described struggling provincial centres as 'zombie towns'. Now revisiting places like Balclutha and Tokoroa he finds that NZ might be the zombie – and local the cure.
Auckland economist Shamubeel Eaqub once described struggling provincial centres as 'zombie towns'. Now revisiting places like Balclutha and Tokoroa he finds that NZ might be the zombie – and local the cure.
Auckland economist Shamubeel Eaqub once described struggling provincial centres as 'zombie towns'. Now revisiting places like Balclutha and Tokoroa he finds that NZ might be the zombie – and local the cure.
Zombie Towns: Getting a life in Tokoroa
newsroom.co.nz
October 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Auckland economist Shamubeel Eaqub once described struggling provincial centres as 'zombie towns'. Now revisiting places like Balclutha and Tokoroa he finds that NZ might be the zombie – and local the cure.
The city has moved the three-masted ship Balclutha to the foot of Hyde Street. The magnificent vessel, at its new anchorage, swings in thick luminous fog. It reminds me of Jules Verne and the engravings of Gustave Doré in the musty novels of my childhood. The Alcatraz foghorn howls endlessly. (1988)
October 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The city has moved the three-masted ship Balclutha to the foot of Hyde Street. The magnificent vessel, at its new anchorage, swings in thick luminous fog. It reminds me of Jules Verne and the engravings of Gustave Doré in the musty novels of my childhood. The Alcatraz foghorn howls endlessly. (1988)
On episode 1 of Zombie Towns, Shamubeel Eaqub goes back 40 years to Rogernomics – and to Balclutha, where a generation of kids said 'Clutha sucks, I'm out of here'.
Zombie towns fight back
newsroom.co.nz
October 2, 2026 at 9:38 PM
On episode 1 of Zombie Towns, Shamubeel Eaqub goes back 40 years to Rogernomics – and to Balclutha, where a generation of kids said 'Clutha sucks, I'm out of here'.
Zombie Towns | Episode 1: Balclutha (Part 1) | RNZ
YouTube video by RNZ
youtu.be
September 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
📢 The Detail: What turns a zombie town into a survivor town?
How Balclutha got its mojo back
www.nzherald.co.nz
September 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
📢 The Detail: What turns a zombie town into a survivor town?
Balclutha’s economic makeover: who survived the reforms? Find out how a sleepy town became a thriving, slightly undead community.
#Balclutha #Bounces #Back #Business #Satire
https://processorpress.com/story/540/balclutha-bounces-back-from-zombie-town-to-dairy-powered-survivalist-hub
#Balclutha #Bounces #Back #Business #Satire
https://processorpress.com/story/540/balclutha-bounces-back-from-zombie-town-to-dairy-powered-survivalist-hub
Balclutha Bounces Back: From Zombie Town to Dairy‑Powered Survivalist Hub
Forty years after New Zealand’s sweeping economic reforms left Balclutha on the brink of collapse, the town’s unexpected pivot to dairy and quirky heritage tourism has turned it into a model of rural resilience – w…
processorpress.com
September 27, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Balclutha’s economic makeover: who survived the reforms? Find out how a sleepy town became a thriving, slightly undead community.
#Balclutha #Bounces #Back #Business #Satire
https://processorpress.com/story/540/balclutha-bounces-back-from-zombie-town-to-dairy-powered-survivalist-hub
#Balclutha #Bounces #Back #Business #Satire
https://processorpress.com/story/540/balclutha-bounces-back-from-zombie-town-to-dairy-powered-survivalist-hub
This is a good watch and a good listen!
"Zombie Towns is four video episodes and a seven-part podcast, funded by NZ On Air for Newsroom and RNZ."
They look at Balclutha (Southland) and Tokoroa (South Waikato) and go in depth on the history and on what changed.
"Zombie Towns is four video episodes and a seven-part podcast, funded by NZ On Air for Newsroom and RNZ."
They look at Balclutha (Southland) and Tokoroa (South Waikato) and go in depth on the history and on what changed.
Today from The Detail: Economist Shamubeel Eaqub finds out what's really going on in heartland New Zealand
Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed
newsroom.co.nz
September 28, 2026 at 8:16 PM
This is a good watch and a good listen!
"Zombie Towns is four video episodes and a seven-part podcast, funded by NZ On Air for Newsroom and RNZ."
They look at Balclutha (Southland) and Tokoroa (South Waikato) and go in depth on the history and on what changed.
"Zombie Towns is four video episodes and a seven-part podcast, funded by NZ On Air for Newsroom and RNZ."
They look at Balclutha (Southland) and Tokoroa (South Waikato) and go in depth on the history and on what changed.
TVNZ on air has a good short doco going about zombie towns. Balclutha figured out how to use their local tradies to build 13 really good houses affordably, sell them affordably, and still make a profit on them. Saw on YouTube last night.
Be more like Clutha, New Zealand.
Be more like Clutha, New Zealand.
September 28, 2026 at 7:53 PM
TVNZ on air has a good short doco going about zombie towns. Balclutha figured out how to use their local tradies to build 13 really good houses affordably, sell them affordably, and still make a profit on them. Saw on YouTube last night.
Be more like Clutha, New Zealand.
Be more like Clutha, New Zealand.
Who knew Balclutha’s ghost‑town revival would outpace the cash rate hike? Find out how a sleepy town is turning the market upside‑down.
#Balclutha #Bounces #Back #Business #Satire
https://processorpress.com/story/562/balclutha-bounces-back-from-zombie-town-to-dairy-darling
#Balclutha #Bounces #Back #Business #Satire
https://processorpress.com/story/562/balclutha-bounces-back-from-zombie-town-to-dairy-darling
Balclutha Bounces Back: From Zombie Town to Dairy Darling
The once‑dead town of Balclutha is rallying farmers, cafés and even a bank’s road cones to become a case study in rural resilience, proving that sometimes the only thing that can out‑grow a stagnant cash rate is a…
processorpress.com
September 27, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Who knew Balclutha’s ghost‑town revival would outpace the cash rate hike? Find out how a sleepy town is turning the market upside‑down.
#Balclutha #Bounces #Back #Business #Satire
https://processorpress.com/story/562/balclutha-bounces-back-from-zombie-town-to-dairy-darling
#Balclutha #Bounces #Back #Business #Satire
https://processorpress.com/story/562/balclutha-bounces-back-from-zombie-town-to-dairy-darling
On episode 1 of Zombie Towns, Shamubeel Eaqub goes back 40 years to Rogernomics – and to Balclutha, where a generation of kids said 'Clutha sucks, I'm out of here'. 👉 newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/28/r...
September 27, 2026 at 6:21 PM
On episode 1 of Zombie Towns, Shamubeel Eaqub goes back 40 years to Rogernomics – and to Balclutha, where a generation of kids said 'Clutha sucks, I'm out of here'. 👉 newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/28/r...
Revisiting zombie towns: Balclutha’s rural resilience
Who were the winners and losers from economic reforms 40 years ago? How have zombie towns become survivor towns like Balclutha?
Who were the winners and losers from economic reforms 40 years ago? How have zombie towns become survivor towns like Balclutha?
Revisiting zombie towns: Balclutha’s rural resilience
Who were the winners and losers from economic reforms 40 years ago? How have zombie towns become survivor towns like Balclutha?
umlegacypressqsefc.com
September 27, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Revisiting zombie towns: Balclutha’s rural resilience
Who were the winners and losers from economic reforms 40 years ago? How have zombie towns become survivor towns like Balclutha?
Who were the winners and losers from economic reforms 40 years ago? How have zombie towns become survivor towns like Balclutha?
Just drove past Cromer and Lowestoft streets.
…in Balclutha, between Dunedin and Invercargill on the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
…in Balclutha, between Dunedin and Invercargill on the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
September 26, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Just drove past Cromer and Lowestoft streets.
…in Balclutha, between Dunedin and Invercargill on the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
…in Balclutha, between Dunedin and Invercargill on the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
i support all ships' rights to exist in fiction. has anyone written fiction about the Balclutha yet? let's get more ships in fiction!!
Proship literally is NOT short for 'problematic ship.' It's the prefix 'pro' as in 'for' and the word 'ship.' 'For shipping,' aka supporting all ships' right to exist in fiction without harassing real people over fictional content. I won't say there aren't bad eggs in the proship community-
September 17, 2026 at 12:02 AM
i support all ships' rights to exist in fiction. has anyone written fiction about the Balclutha yet? let's get more ships in fiction!!
RS with your home river.
My childhood home, the mighty Clutha River
My childhood home, the mighty Clutha River
September 10, 2026 at 4:53 AM
RS with your home river.
My childhood home, the mighty Clutha River
My childhood home, the mighty Clutha River
QUAKE: Mag 5.5, Wed, Sep 02 2026, 06:57:10 PM, 35 km north-east of Milford Sound. Depth: 10 km #eqnz https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2026p660242
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The quake may have been felt in Alexandra, Balclutha, Fairlie, Gore, Haast, Invercargill, Lumsden, Milford Sound, Mount Cook, Oamaru, Palmerston, Queenstown, Ranfurly, Roxburgh, Te Anau, Tuatapere, Twizel, Waimate, Wanaka, and surrounding localities.
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September 2, 2026 at 6:58 AM
QUAKE: Mag 5.5, Wed, Sep 02 2026, 06:57:10 PM, 35 km north-east of Milford Sound. Depth: 10 km #eqnz https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2026p660242
The British built steel hulled square rigger Star of Alaska (formerly Balclutha) under full sail in 1929. She still exists today, berthed in San Francisco. Photographer unrecorded.
(Library of Congress)
(Library of Congress)
August 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The British built steel hulled square rigger Star of Alaska (formerly Balclutha) under full sail in 1929. She still exists today, berthed in San Francisco. Photographer unrecorded.
(Library of Congress)
(Library of Congress)
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August 2, 2026 at 5:29 PM
N: Mehamn 🇳🇴
E: Nananu-i-Ra 🇫🇯
S: Balclutha 🇳🇿
W: Port Hutt, Chatham Islands 🇳🇿
Bonus, most central.
C: Ilhéu das Rolas 🇸🇹
E: Nananu-i-Ra 🇫🇯
S: Balclutha 🇳🇿
W: Port Hutt, Chatham Islands 🇳🇿
Bonus, most central.
C: Ilhéu das Rolas 🇸🇹
August 1, 2026 at 2:55 AM
N: Mehamn 🇳🇴
E: Nananu-i-Ra 🇫🇯
S: Balclutha 🇳🇿
W: Port Hutt, Chatham Islands 🇳🇿
Bonus, most central.
C: Ilhéu das Rolas 🇸🇹
E: Nananu-i-Ra 🇫🇯
S: Balclutha 🇳🇿
W: Port Hutt, Chatham Islands 🇳🇿
Bonus, most central.
C: Ilhéu das Rolas 🇸🇹
July 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Some of you never sang sea chanteys on the Balclutha once a month and it shows.
July 23, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Some of you never sang sea chanteys on the Balclutha once a month and it shows.
The Balclutha, now at the CA Maritime Museum
July 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The Balclutha, now at the CA Maritime Museum
Reading about Otago has maybe a little triggering impact. But I keep thinking about Balclutha, my family is considered to have founded it back in the day so we've had family reunions there. I've lost touch with friends made there but I hope they'll be okay.
October 3, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Reading about Otago has maybe a little triggering impact. But I keep thinking about Balclutha, my family is considered to have founded it back in the day so we've had family reunions there. I've lost touch with friends made there but I hope they'll be okay.