The Rusty Radiator Inn Ashhurst is a bar on York Street in Colyton, Manawatu, holding a solid 4.5 Google rating. A good country pub does two jobs at once: it pours an honest beer, and it acts as the district's living room, where farming talk, birthdays and the Friday wind-down all share the same room. Regulars tend to judge a rural bar less on its decor than on the welcome at the door and whether the taps are kept cold and clean. Hours can follow the rhythm of the district rather than the city, so it pays to check ahead if you are travelling far. Rural bars are also fountains of local knowledge, from road works to stock movements to where to eat nearby. Set on York Street in the Manawatu back-country, the Rusty Radiator Inn is exactly the sort of local bar a place like Colyton is lucky to have.