Thomas Brunner
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Thomas Brunner was an English-born surveyor and explorer remembered for his exploration of the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.
William Fox's painting of a scene from his February 1846 expedition with Brunner and Charles Heaphy. Brunner and Heaphy rest in the front of a crude hut while the expedition's Māori guide, Kehu, snares a weka with a lure of food on a stick and a long pole with a noose
A view of a section of the West Coast, and typical of the terrain (and weather) encountered by Brunner and his companions during their journey
A sketch by Heaphy of Brunner ascending the cliffs at Te Miko, north of Punakaiki, with the dog Rover being raised by a flax rope.
St Michael's Church in Waimea West was designed by Brunner in 1866
Buller River
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The Buller River is a river in the South Island of New Zealand. The Buller has the highest flow of any river in the country during floods, though it is only the 13th longest river; it runs for 177 km (110 mi) from Lake Rotoiti through the Buller Gorge and into the Tasman Sea near the town of Westport. A saddle at 710 m (2,330 ft) separates the Buller from the Motupiko River and that is divided from the Wairau River by a 695 m (2,280 ft) saddle, both aligned along the Alpine Fault, as is the top of the Buller valley.
Buller River near Berlins
Buller Gorge about 1920, Fern Arch near Tiroroa
Newman Brothers coach on the Nine Mile punt about 1910
Lyell punt and bridge about 1890. It is now the oldest bridge over the river