Heartland Strong: How Rural New Zealand Can Change and Thrive

by Penny Payne, Bill Kaye-Blake, Margaret Brown

The future of New Zealand's rural communities is often in the news. Empty shops, depopulation and lack of jobs are offered as signs that many towns are dying. However, the strength of social ties and development of digital technologies, the innovations in rural entrepreneurship and the functioning informal economy suggest that some rural communities are in good health. There is no getting away from the challenges to the rural sector. But rural communities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0995109591
• ISBN13: 9780995109599
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Massey University
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.3"