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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Wright's Bush

Wright's Bush settlement is to the north of Waimatuku bush, and lies between Waimatuku and Waianiwa. The main road from Invercargill to Riverton passes through the district, and branch roads extend northward towards Limestone Plains and Drummond. One of these roads passes the Springburn estate, where a school and post office bear the native name of Otahuti. There is plenty of magnificent farming land, and some individual settlers hold as much as 500 acres. The district has a flag-station, which is on the Invercargill-Orepuki line, fourteen miles from Invercargill, and at an elevation of fifty-one feet above the level of the sea. Wright's Bush is page 926 in the Awarua electorate, and in the Wallacetown riding of the county of Southland. The township consists of a store, a blacksmith's shop, and a butcher's shop, and the business of the local post office and telephone bureau is conducted at the store. There is a public hall in the district, but neither a school nor a church. In these connections settlers and their children have to travel a short distance to neighbouring settlements.