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Country Life: Finding opportunity on a rural main street

06:29 am on 6 December 2025

Tabu's pink door must remain closed as part of regulations around adult stores Photo: RNZ

It's not a dead end but an opportunity. So says Country Life's guest this week, who moved from the big smoke to a small village on State Highway 1 between Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay.

And it's safe to say Ian Turner's is probably one of the more unusual shops to be found on a rural town's main street.

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