Grove Bush

Living in Grove Bush

Grove Bush is a small Southland locality south of Winton, and it sits at the less eccentric end of the district's bush-naming tradition - a grove of trees near a farming property is a straightforward observation, and the settlers who named it were apparently satisfied with straightforward on that particular day. Compared to Gropers Bush and Gummies Bush, Grove Bush is the responsible older sibling who named things sensibly and is still slightly put out that the others get all the attention.

The farming around Grove Bush is the southern Southland plains model: dairy and sheep on the flat, reliable country between Winton and Invercargill, with the productive Southland land supporting the operations that the farming families run across the generations. The locality has the working character of Southland's agricultural plain.

Winton handles the services and Invercargill the city range, and the flat roads between them are the commute infrastructure that Grove Bush's residents use for everything the locality itself doesn't provide. The community runs through Winton's institutions and the farming district's shared social calendar.

Grove Bush School serves the local primary years. Secondary students head to Winton or Invercargill. The grove is presumably still there, being sensible about the whole thing.

Schools & Enrolment Zones in Grove Bush

Schools in zone for Grove Bush

Children living in Grove Bush have a guaranteed right to enrol at these schools, based on Ministry of Education home zones.

• Hedgehope School

  Full Primary · roll 53 · decile 9

• Verdon College

  Secondary (Year 7-15) · roll 716 · decile 6

• Southland Adventist Christian School

  Full Primary · roll 123 · decile 4

• St John's Girls' School (Invercargill)

  Full Primary · roll 124 · decile 9

• James Hargest College

  Secondary (Year 7-15) · roll 1893

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