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.

Otahuti Flaxmill (W. Cruick-shank, proprietor), Wright's Bush. This mill was erected in 1903. The building is of wood and iron, and the machinery is driven by an eight horsepower portable engine. The mill's output is fourteen tens of dressed flax a month, and about eighteen men are employed. Mr Frederick Keys is man ager.

Mr. Thomas Stuart , Engineer of the Otahuti Flaxmill, was born at Flint's Bush, and educated at Wai matuku and Thornbury. He studied engineering, and was appointed engineer at the Otahuti Flaxmill, on its establishment, in 1903.

Kirse, William , Farmer, “Monte Christo.” Wright's Bush. Mr Kirse was born in 1880, at Tapanui, and was educated at Pahia, where be was brought up to a country life. In 1901 he acquired his present property of 260 acres of freehold, which he works as a mixed farm. He raises grain crops, and runs sheep upon his estate. Mr Kirse is attached to the local Lodge of Oddfellows.

Mckenzie, Alexander , Farmer, “Mains o' Blair,” Wright's Bush. Mr McKenzie was born in June, 1862, in Brisbane, Queensland. His father was the late Mr Thomas McKenzie, of All Bay, near Kakanui, where he settled in 1864. Mr McKenzie was brought up on his father's farm, and afterwards settled at Wright's Bush, where he has devoted himself chiefly to mixed farming, and breeding sheep and cattle, and Clydesdale and light horses. His estate consists of 480 acres of freehold, and has been greatly improved since Mr McKenzie took possession. Mr McKenzie is a member of the Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Association. He was married, in 1890, to a daughter of Mr Alexander Elder, of Kakanui, and has four sons and one daughter.