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Bus shelter

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Bus shelter

A quirky bus stop livens up the small beach community of Colac Bay/Ōraka.

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David Grant, Southland places – Riverton / Aparima, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20203/bus-shelter (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Grant, published 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.