Longbush is a rural community in the Carterton District, Wairarapa (within the Wellington Region) of New Zealand's North Island.

It is located in a valley southeast of the town of Carterton, and nearby settlements include Gladstone and Ponatahi to the north.

Today the school is used as a children's play centre and occasional community hall.

The Longbush area includes a valley enclosed by the Ponatahi Hills (440 metres (1,440 ft)) to the west and the slopes at the southern end of the Maungaraki Range (500 metres (1,600 ft)) that skirt around the back of the Windy Peak Ridge.

[3] Longbush has a small resident population (<200) composed mostly of pastoral farmers (sheep, dairy, beef, pig and deer), agricultural workers, and lifestylers.