Unable to answer "Is there a bench at this stop?" – Fairfield Shops - Waiwhetu Road (near 300) (Bus Stop) – https://osm.org/node/344366608 via StreetComplete 57.1:

The stop has been replaced by one outside the house on the corner of Norton Park Avenue.

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