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The Buller Gorge is a gorge located in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. The Buller River flows through the deep canyon between Murchison and Westport. Land Information New Zealand lists two sections for the gorge, Upper Buller Gorge and Lower Buller Gorge. [1] [2] State Highway 6 runs alongside, but considerably
Buller Gorge Coal Company's mine opened about 1942 and, in 1949, 3 miners produced 2,978 tons of brown coal. [236] From 25 July 1942 it had a private siding 15 ch (300 m) from Rahui station, [54] as did the sawmill. [237] Nelson Creek Sawmilling Company's mill burnt down in 1948, [238] but had been rebuilt by 1953. [239]
The Buller River (Māori: Kawatiri) is a river in the South Island of New Zealand. [1] The Buller has the highest flow of any river in the country during floods, [2] 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. [3]
Te Kuha is a small village located to the east of Westport in the Buller District of the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island.It is located at the western end of the Lower Buller Gorge, with the Buller River flowing through the village.
A jetboat is a boat propelled by a jet of water ejected from the back of the craft. Unlike a powerboat or motorboat that uses an external propeller in the water below or behind the boat, a jetboat draws the water from under the boat through an intake and into a pump-jet inside the boat, before expelling it through a nozzle at the stern.
Kahurangi National Park is a national park in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the second largest of the thirteen national parks of New Zealand.It was gazetted in 1996 and covers 5,193 km 2 (2,005 sq mi), ranging from the Buller River near Murchison in the south, to the base of Farewell Spit in Golden Bay in the north.
The Ngākawau River is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island.It flows generally northwest, reaching the Tasman Sea at Hector. [1]The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "the shags" for Ngākawau, [2] the official name of the river since 21 June 2019.
The Fox River (originally the Potikohua River [1]) is a river in the Buller District of New Zealand. It arises in the Paparoa Range near Mount Dewar and flows north-west through the Paparoa National Park to the Tasman Sea at Woodpecker Bay. [2] The river passes through a spectacular gorge.