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Mason Bay

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Mason Bay

At Mason Bay on Stewart Island’s west coast, the long beach is used to land planes carrying tourists, who may be picked up by dune buggies.

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Jock Phillips, Beach culture – Travellers on the beach, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9102/mason-bay (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 2 March 2009.