Rural towns dying as New Zealand's population grows
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English - November 12, 2019 19:48 - 4 minutes - 4.04 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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While Aotearoa's population is due to hit 5 million next year, many small, rural towns are dying. As part of RNZ's 'Now We Are 5 Million' series, reporter Susan Strongman visited the tiny Waikato town of Kawhia to ask why its population is dwindling and what can be done.