Bulwer is a small locality in Waihinau Bay in the outer Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere, New Zealand. It can be reached by 77 km of winding, mostly unsealed, road from Rai Valley. A weekly mail boat service delivers mail and also offers passenger services.
The area surrounding Bulwer features a mixture of native bush, farm land and pine plantations.
Naming "Bulwer" and the associated name "Lytton Water" honour either Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873) or his son Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831–1891).
Demographics Demographics for the area are covered at Elaine Bay#Demographics.
Education Bulmer School opened in 1905, and closed in 1977.
There was a school at Waitātā Bay from 1905 to at least 1912, one at Puketea Bay from 1911 until at least 1931 and one at Huritini from 1913 to 1940.
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