Bill Bush

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Bill Bush

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=100%}}

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| birth_name = William Kingita Te Pohe Bush

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|01|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Napier, New Zealand

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| school = Whakatane High School

| position = Prop

| height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|103|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| repteam1 = New Zealand Māori

| repteam2 = New Zealand

| repyears1 = 1973–82

| repyears2 = 1974–79

| repcaps1 =

| repcaps2 = 12

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| reppoints2 = 0

| province1 = Canterbury

| provinceyears1 = 1971–82

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William Kingita Te Pohe Bush {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (born 24 January 1949) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Bush represented Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1974 to 1979. He played 37 matches for the All Blacks including 12 internationals.{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=119|title=Billy Bush|last=Knight|first=Lindsay|publisher=New Zealand Rugby Union|accessdate=15 March 2018}} He also represented, coached and selected for Māori All Blacks.

In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours, Bush was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby.{{cite web|url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-1996|title=Queen's Birthday honours list 1996|date=3 June 1996|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|accessdate=15 March 2018}} In 2021 he was made a life member of New Zealand Māori Rugby Board.