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Alan Blair

Alan Blair

Former Kinleith mill worker and Tokoroa, New Zealand local, interviewed as a guest on the RNZ podcast "Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed" about the town's forestry-era decline.

Sep 27, 2026

Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed

Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed

Tokoroa (Part 1)

Sep 27 · 23m

Shamubeel Eaqub
Shamubeel EaqubHOST
6:15
Alan also worked at
Alan Blair
Alan BlairGUEST
6:16
Kinleith.
Alan Blair
Alan BlairGUEST
6:20
In the heyday it was actually quite exciting.
Alan Blair
Alan BlairGUEST
6:22
So many people worked at the Kinleith mill, including the forestry was about 4,000 people.
Alan Blair
Alan BlairGUEST
6:28
Everybody lived here.
Alan Blair
Alan BlairGUEST
6:30
Lots of shops, a great variety of shops.
Alan Blair
Alan BlairGUEST
6:33
Even downtown Dalgety's, who were the farm supply people, they had a store on the corner there just opposite where McDonald's is now.

7 MINS LATER

Shamubeel Eaqub
Shamubeel EaqubHOST
13:25
There were tensions, but they were clearly part of the same community.

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