Rimi Sushi is a sushi shop at 182 High Street in Hāwera, South Taranaki, holding a 4.8 Google rating. Sushi lives or dies on freshness, and small-town New Zealand shops usually run on daily turnover: the cabinet is filled in the morning with that day's rice and fillings, and the popular lines are often gone well before closing. Regulars go early, and they judge the rice — it should be lightly seasoned, glossy and at room temperature, never fridge-cold and hard. Most are takeaway counters rather than sit-down restaurants, so it pays to know roughly what you want before you reach the front, whether that's a few rolls or a mixed box. A cabinet busy at lunchtime usually tells you all you need to know. For fresh sushi in the middle of South Taranaki, Rimi Sushi sits right on Hāwera's main street.