Personal details
Full Name:
- Thomas Brunner
Lifetime:
- 1821?–22 Apr 1874
Biography
Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner’s exploits in the north and west of the South Island between 1846 and 1848 were the greatest single piece of overland exploration in New Zealand's European history.
Read more...Events In History
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19 May 1846Brunner, Kehu and Heaphy reach Māwhera pāThis journey was part of Thomas Brunner's epic 1846-48 exploration of the South Island. He was accompanied by Kehu of Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri, and Charles Heaphy, a draftsman and artist with the New Zealand Company. Read more...
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Main image: Thomas Brunner
Portrait of Thomas Brunner, circa 1871.
