Pine Bush, New Zealand

Pine Bush

Pine Bush is a locality in the Southland Region of New Zealand's South Island.[1]

It is situated near the eastern bank of the lower Mataura River. From 1899 until 1966, the Tokanui Branch railway passed just south of Pine Bush, with a station in neighbouring Titiroa.[2] Other nearby settlements include Waimahaka to the south, Glenham and Mataura Island to the north, and across the Mataura, Gorge Road to the west.

References

  1. "Place Name Detail: Pine Bush". New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 16 November 2007.
  2. New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas, fourth edition, edited by John Yonge (Essex: Quail Map Company, 1993), 30.

Coordinates: 46°28′S 168°48′E / 46.467°S 168.800°E / -46.467; 168.800


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