83-668: The West Coast ( Māori : Te Tai Poutini , lit. 'The Coast of Poutini, the Taniwha ') is a region of New Zealand on the west coast of the South Island . It is administered by the West Coast Regional Council , and is known co-officially as Te Tai Poutini . It comprises the territorial authorities of Buller District , Grey District and Westland District . The principal towns are Westport , Greymouth and Hokitika . The region, one of
166-670: A bush track along the south bank of the Grey and Arnold rivers, and along the south-west shore of the lake to Natural Paddock. The first farmers in the area settled around the Crooked River in 1868–69. In the 1880s a railway linking Greymouth and Christchurch was begun, which opened up the Arnold Valley and Lake Brunner. The route was originally proposed to follow the eastern side of the lake, but Westland MP Richard Seddon , from 1891 Minister of Public Works, insisted that it follow
249-604: A damaged bridge was removed in January 2021 and the track is currently closed. Lake Brunner was created in the last ice age by a spur of the Taramakau Glacier, which split from the main glacier and flowed north either side of Mount Te Kinga , between it and the Hohonu Range . Both these prominent mountains are made of erosion-resistant granite and granodiorite , cooled magma 100–145 million years old. When
332-541: A ferry boat waiting to take them across the lake at 15 shillings a head, and a well-stocked store on the other side. When no gold was to be found, an angry mob looted and demolished the store and headed back to Greymouth. Flooding in the swamp at the Arnold River outlet marooned 200 of them, who clung to kahikatea trunks without food until the waters receded. By 1867 the Canterbury provincial government had built
415-638: A human, professional translator. Douglas Hofstadter gave an example of a failure of machine translation: the English sentence "In their house, everything comes in pairs. There's his car and her car, his towels and her towels, and his library and hers." might be translated into French as " Dans leur maison, tout vient en paires. Il y a sa voiture et sa voiture, ses serviettes et ses serviettes, sa bibliothèque et les siennes. " That does not make sense because it does not distinguish between "his" car and "hers". Often, first-generation immigrants create something of
498-523: A lake upriver, and Brunner was keen to explore the area inland. After a three-week delay while his guides went on a fishing trip, and ten days of provisioning, Brunner and twenty Māori set off upriver in four canoes on 26 January 1848. Heading up what came to be known as the Arnold River , the party reached the lake on 29 January. They camped on Takataka (later known as the Refuge Islands) near
581-460: A literal translation in how they speak their parents' native language. This results in a mix of the two languages that is something of a pidgin . Many such mixes have specific names, e.g., Spanglish or Denglisch . For example, American children of German immigrants are heard using "rockingstool" from the German word Schaukelstuhl instead of "rocking chair". Literal translation of idioms
664-663: A logging camp across the lake at Bain Bay. Initially they were transported across the lake by the Tiki , a steam launch, and from 1938 to 1963 by the Tikinui , which towed a punt onto which logs that would not float were fastened. When a "Brucer" blew, waves were so high they would break over the Tikinui's wheelhouse (8 feet above lake level); the boat would cast loose its punt and logs and make for shelter, returning to retrieve any floating logs
747-583: A population of roughly 200 at any one time, breeding only at Ōkārito on the West Coast, and are symbols of beauty and rarity in Māori culture. The second name, Kōtukuwhakaoka , is shared with the Arnold River, and is the name of a Māori chief from the North Island who came upon the lake after following the river upstream. According to legend, the chief was attacked and killed by a taniwha which lived in
830-530: A trainload of 350 sightseers. The growth of tourism led to the opening in 1931 of the 22-room Grand Chateau Moana, which went bankrupt the following year. A motor camp was built in 1959 in Moana, and a jetty, slipway, and car park in 1961. In the 1960s building a holiday home or "bach" at Moana or Iveagh Bay became popular with Christchurch or Greymouth families. There are boat launching ramps at Moana, Te Kinga (with lake access at Cashmere Bay), and Mitchells. Iveagh Bay
913-460: A translation that represents the precise meaning of the original text but does not attempt to convey its style, beauty, or poetry. There is, however, a great deal of difference between a literal translation of a poetic work and a prose translation. A literal translation of poetry may be in prose rather than verse but also be error-free. Charles Singleton's 1975 translation of the Divine Comedy
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#1732765543470996-406: A work written in a language they do not know. For example, Robert Pinsky is reported to have used a literal translation in preparing his translation of Dante 's Inferno (1994), as he does not know Italian. Similarly, Richard Pevear worked from literal translations provided by his wife, Larissa Volokhonsky, in their translations of several Russian novels. Literal translation can also denote
1079-549: Is metaphrase (as opposed to paraphrase for an analogous translation). It is to be distinguished from an interpretation (done, for example, by an interpreter ). Literal translation leads to mistranslation of idioms , which can be a serious problem for machine translation . The term "literal translation" often appeared in the titles of 19th-century English translations of the classical Bible and other texts. Word-for-word translations ("cribs", "ponies", or "trots") are sometimes prepared for writers who are translating
1162-569: Is a source of translators' jokes. One such joke, often told about machine translation , translates "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak" (an allusion to Mark 14:38 ) into Russian and then back into English, getting "The vodka is good, but the meat is rotten". This is not an actual machine-translation error, but rather a joke which dates back to 1956 or 1958. Another joke in the genre transforms "out of sight, out of mind" to "blind idiot" or "invisible idiot". Lake Brunner Lake Brunner ( Māori : Kōtuku Moana or Kōtukuwhakaoka )
1245-515: Is at Shantytown . Other towns and settlements include: The West Coast region is governed by the West Coast Regional Council. Currently, it is chaired by Peter Haddock. The subnational gross domestic product (GDP) of the West Coast was estimated at NZ$ 2,373 million in the year to March 2022, 0.7% of New Zealand's national GDP. The regional GDP per capita was estimated at $ 72,127 in the same period. The region had one of
1328-526: Is clearly not a phrase that would generally be used in English, even though its meaning might be clear. Literal translations in which individual components within words or compounds are translated to create new lexical items in the target language (a process also known as "loan translation") are called calques , e.g., beer garden from German Biergarten . The literal translation of the Italian sentence, " So che questo non va bene " ("I know that this
1411-869: Is composed mostly of diatoms , Chlorophyceae , and Chrysophyceae . It contains species of Staurastrum , Volvox , and Asterionella (specifically Asterionella formosa ) that are common in lakes on the East Coast, but rare in the West. Both the white-faced heron ( Egretta novaehollandiae ) and the white heron / kōtuku ( Ardea modesta ) occur at Lake Brunner, and waterfowl include black swans ( Cygnus atratus ), Canada geese ( Branta canadensis ), scaup ( Aythya novaeseelandiae ), paradise shelducks ( Tadorna variegata ), grey ducks ( Anas superciliosa ), mallards ( A. platyrhynchos ), and coots ( Fulica atra ). Little shags ( Phalacrocorax melanoleucos ) and black shags ( P. carbo ) can both be found. Birdlife
1494-436: Is easily done. The lakeside kahikatea and flax ( Phormium tenax ) community includes small-leaved divaricating shrubs like mingimingi and Coprosma rhamnoides , and the trees rimu and kamahi. Much of the forest on the flats and surrounding hills is tall podocarp forest, predominantly kahihatea, rimu ( Dacrydium cupressinum ), tōtara ( Podocarpus totara ), and silver pine/manoao ( Manoao colensoi ), which can reach
1577-511: Is evidence of pounamu working taking place at Pah Point and Takakataka Island at the lake, and Kotuku up the Arnold Valley. Brunner, who in the 1840s had undertaken several journeys to and from the West Coast alone or in the company of Charles Heaphy —but always led, provisioned, and hosted by local Māori—spent Christmas of 1847 at the settlement of Māwhera at the mouth of the Māwheranui (Grey River). The resident Poutini Ngāi Tahu told him about
1660-494: Is less frequently visited by tourists than many of the West Coast's scenic highlights, but it is becoming increasingly popular, in part due to its reputation for fishing . Lake Brunner is the largest lake in the West Coast region, 10 km (6.2 mi) across with an area of 4061 ha, just over 40 km (15 sq mi). The outlet of the lake is the Arnold River , a tributary of the Grey River / Māwheranui , next to
1743-552: Is most common and easily observed in Iveagh Bay. Fernbirds can often be seen in the mixed kahikatea/flax vegetation on the track to Bain Bay. The New Zealand freshwater mussel ( Hyridella menziesi ) is found in Lake Brunner. It is the only South Island lake with the calanoid copepod Boeckella delicata . Fishing for eels at the lake was popular amongst both Māori and European settlers. Today, though, Lake Brunner
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#17327655434701826-424: Is not good"), produces "(I) know that this not (it) goes well", which has English words and Italian grammar . Early machine translations (as of 1962 at least) were notorious for this type of translation, as they simply employed a database of words and their translations. Later attempts utilized common phrases , which resulted in better grammatical structure and the capture of idioms, but with many words left in
1909-411: Is notable in being surrounded by intact native forest, although the flats have been extensively logged while kahikatea ( Dacrycarpus dacrydioides ) swamp forest is found at many points along the lake shore. Kahikatea is able to tolerate submergence of its roots, and when lake levels are high it is possible to travel by kayak through forests of 30 m trees, one of the few places on the West Coast where this
1992-605: Is one of New Zealand's most significant brown trout ( Salmo trutta ) fisheries, and is often referred to as "the place where fish die of old age". There are also small numbers of rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss). Rainbow trout originate in North America, and brown trout are a European game fish introduced throughout New Zealand following the establishment of a hatchery in Tasmania in the 1860s. In 1891, 15,000 young trout were transported from Greymouth by rail to stock
2075-457: Is regarded as a prose translation. The term literal translation implies that it is probably full of errors, since the translator has made no effort to (or is unable to) convey correct idioms or shades of meaning, for example, but it can also be a useful way of seeing how words are used to convey meaning in the source language. A literal English translation of the German phrase " Ich habe Hunger " would be "I have hunger" in English, but this
2158-628: Is stained the colour of tea, sometimes appearing almost black, by the tannins —organic and humic acids —leached into its tributaries: a consequence of high rainfall in a catchment that is almost entirely forested. The lake waters are acidic, with a low pH and low oxygen levels compared to lakes on the eastern side of the main divide. The soils in its catchment are derived from greywacke, granite, and schist, and are low in nutrients, but unlike many other West Coast glacial lake, Lake Brunner has significant alluvial soils on its margin. The lake has less thermal stratification than other West Coast lakes, as it
2241-450: Is subject to strong winds, and its level fluctuates significantly following heavy rain, sometimes covering the jetty at Moana. Although the Māori name for the lake is often given as just "Moana", two names for the lake are recorded. The first, Kōtuku moana , translates as "sea of herons", referencing the white heron ( Ardea alba modesta ) , known to Māori as kōtuku. In New Zealand kōtuku have
2324-481: Is the largest lake in the West Coast Region of New Zealand, located 31 km (19 mi) southeast of Greymouth . The main settlement, Moana , is on its northern shore. It is an important settlement and waystation for local Māori . The first Europeans in the area were loggers, and sawmills were an important early industry. Being several kilometres inland from the coast road ( State Highway 6 ), it
2407-536: Is the least populous of New Zealand's sixteen regions. The West Coast is also the most sparsely populated region, with just 1.50 people per square kilometre (3.88 per square mile). West Coast Region had a population of 33,390 in the 2023 New Zealand census , an increase of 1,815 people (5.7%) since the 2018 census , and an increase of 1,242 people (3.9%) since the 2013 census . There were 17,031 males, 16,245 females and 117 people of other genders in 14,793 dwellings. 2.7% of people identified as LGBTIQ+ . The median age
2490-561: Is the only region of New Zealand where coal mining is still widely practiced. The name Westland is used by some New Zealanders to refer to the whole of the West Coast, including Grey District , Buller District and Fiordland , and can also refer to the short-lived Westland Province of 1873–76. Fiordland is on the west coast, but is in the Southland Region rather than the West Coast Region. Inhabitants of
2573-767: The Canterbury Plains and in the Firth of Thames , they have been almost completely destroyed for settlement and agriculture. Scenic areas include the Haast Pass , Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers , Hokitika Gorge , Lake Brunner , the Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki , the Oparara Arches and the Heaphy Track . The region has very high rainfall due to the prevailing northwesterly wind pattern and
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2656-486: The Westland Province , until the abolition of the provincial system in 1876. The West Coast gold rush between 1864 and 1867 created numerous gold rush towns such as Ōkārito, which at one time was the largest town on the West Coast but quickly almost vanished as miners moved on. After that time, the population dwindled, but the main towns that still exist had become established. Following greenstone and gold,
2739-796: The "Top 10 Coastal Drives of the World" by Lonely Planet . The region has the only New Zealand nesting place of the kōtuku (white heron) , at the Waitangiroto Nature Reserve , visited by tours from the small farming township of Whataroa . This rare bird appears on the $ 2 coin. Over 80% of West Coast land is administered by the Department of Conservation, much of this being in National Parks. These include from north to south, parts of Kahurangi NP, Paparoa NP, parts of Arthurs Pass NP, Westland NP, parts of Aspiring NP plus
2822-507: The 2019–2020 season, there were 150,000 milking cows on the West Coast, 3.0% of the country's total herd. The cows produced 50,700 tonnes of milk solids, worth $ 365 million at the national average farmgate price ($ 7.20 per kg). Other industries are the manufacturing and sales of greenstone jewellery, sphagnum moss gathering and stone-collection for garden landscaping. Monteith's brewery is in Greymouth. The region has been included in
2905-489: The Coast to any treeless expanse, and Natural Paddock was mostly pakihi swamp. The lake is large enough that it can be subject to severe weather, including a powerful easterly wind known as the "Brucer", which blows up the valley from Inchbonnie, once 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) belonging to Thomas Bruce (1831–1908) who began farming there in 1872. Lake Brunner has a maximum depth of 109 m, but local stories claimed that
2988-642: The Lake Brunner Community Catchment Care Group, was formed to support environmental initiatives include riparian planting around waterways on farms and on public land. The group comprised around 60 individuals, and had support from regional and local councils, NZ Landcare Trust, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae , Fish & Game , the Brunner Residents Association, and representatives of the dairy industry, including Westland Milk Products . In 2016, at
3071-547: The Local Government Excellence Awards, the West Coast Regional Council received a "highly commended" award for its entry: Lake Brunner Water Quality Enhancement Project. By 2021, it was reported that 62 km (39 mi) of fencing had been constructed on farms in the catchment along with 21,000 plants in riparian strips. Water quality updates are published periodically by the West Coast Regional Council. The December 2021 update reports that
3154-494: The Refuge Islands (Takataka and Takatakaiti). The lake is normally reached by heading south from State Highway 7 at Stillwater, or north from Jacksons on State Highway 73. A smaller road connects Kumara and Inchbonnie via the lake's southern shore. Most of the lake shore is only accessible by boat; the only settlements are Moana, Ruru, Te Kinga, and Mitchells. Bain Bay can be reached by a walking track from Mitchells, but
3237-650: The South Westland World Heritage Area. Each of these parks have flora and fauna common to all areas, as well as species, like kiwi, particular to those areas. Four roads run into the West Coast Region. The main road running the length of the region is State Highway 6 . It connects to the Tasman District in the north through the Buller Gorge , and to Otago in the south via Haast Pass . Two roads connect to Canterbury to
3320-588: The Taramakau River in 1864 by two Māori, Ihaia Tainui and Haimona Taukau. By the end of the year there were an estimated 1800 prospectors, many of them around the Hokitika area, which in 1866 was briefly the most populous settlement in New Zealand. The region was divided between Nelson Province and Canterbury Province from 1853: in 1873 the Canterbury portion of the region formed its own province,
3403-605: The West Coast are colloquially known as "Coasters". The region reaches from Kahurangi Point in the north to Awarua Point in the south, a distance of 600 km. It has an area of 23,246 km. To the west is the Tasman Sea (which like the Southern Ocean can be very rough, with four-metre swells common), and to the east are the Southern Alps . Much of the land is rugged, with a coastal plain where much of
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3486-413: The area was famous across New Zealand for its richness in pounamu greenstone. Kāi Tahu traded millions of modern New Zealand dollars ' worth of the stone across New Zealand , making Te Tai Poutini one of the wealthiest regions in the country. After the arrival of Europeans, the region became famed for its vast and mostly untapped gold reserves, which historically had not been highly valued. The region
3569-420: The census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 2,658 (9.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 15,825 (56.6%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 8,490 (30.4%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $ 32,700, compared with $ 41,500 nationally. 1,956 people (7.0%) earned over $ 100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15
3652-508: The climbing rātā Metrosideros perforata . On the forest floor ferns include crown fern ( Lomaria discolor ), hanging spleenwort ( Asplenium flaccidum ) growing as an epiphyte on tree trunks, Prince of Wales feathers fern ( Leptopteris superba ), and filmy ferns ( Hymenophyllum ). These are most easily observed from the Rakaitane Walk. Māori occupied both Takataka (Refuge Island) and Takatakaiti until about 1850, clearing all
3735-407: The cooler eastern South Island lakes they are much less active. The lake was early on recognised for its natural beauty, and in 1887 a tourist account celebrated the impending railway, and the lake "soon will be dotted with handsome villas, the summer residence of the aristocracy of Greymouth and the surrounding districts." Sailing was a popular early activity, and in 1892 the first regatta attracted
3818-424: The east, State Highway 7 through Lewis Pass to North Canterbury and State Highway 73 via Arthur's Pass to Christchurch . The Midland railway line is the only railway line into the region. It links to Christchurch via Arthur's Pass. The TranzAlpine train service runs return between Christchurch and Greymouth daily and freight lines extend to Ngākawau and Hokitika . Daily passenger flights operate into
3901-524: The first to send logs through the Ōtira Tunnel, closed from lack of suitable timber. The cleared flat land around the lake proved suitable for farming, particularly dairy herds, and from the early 1960s local farms were supplying the Westland Cooperative Dairy Co. in Hokitika. By 1976 twenty percent of the catchment of the lake was farmed and Moana had a population of 84, with most of the buildings being holiday homes. Lake Brunner
3984-440: The forest and leaving only bracken fern ( Pteridium esculentum ). Because the islands have no deer or possums, vegetation was able to regenerate undisturbed. Takataka was declared a Scenic Reserve in 1944. A vegetation survey in 1978 found young podocarp forest on the southern part of Takataka and scrub elsewhere; this has since become low forest, with only a small patch of bracken remaining. The phytoplankton of Lake Brunner
4067-427: The glacier receded about 11,000 years ago, it left behind moraines which impeded the flow of rivers to the sea and filled the gouged-out glacial valley; the large blocks of rock it dropped, known as glacial erratics , can still be found in the surrounding bush. At this point, the lake would have been larger and deeper than today, with several outflows, but the Arnold River eventually became the main one, cutting through
4150-706: The lake and towing them by boat to mills on the lake shore. Nyberg's mill, later the Lake Brunner Sawmilling Company, operated in Ruru. The Moana Sawmill Company, with a log landing near the Arnold River outfall. Stratford and Blair operated a sawmill beside the Moana railway station. In the 1930s trees were felled at Irishman's Landing across the lake and towed by launch, the Monica, to Moana. United Mills operated in Te Kinga, using timber felled in
4233-538: The lake edge at places like the Hohonu River. The drier forest away from the lake edge is dominated by rimu, mataī ( Prumnopitys taxifolia ), Hall's tōtara ( Podocarpus laetus ), and needle-leafed tōtara ( P. acutifolius ). On the higher slopes the forest is predominantly southern beech (formerly Nothofagus ). In the understory can be found wheki-ponga ( Dicksonia fibrosa ), distinguished by its skirt of dead fronds, marble-leaf ( Carpodetus serratus ), and
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#17327655434704316-494: The lake shore to the Arnold River as a route to the coast. In April he decided instead to cut a track from the lakeshore over the Hohunu Range to the lower Taramakau, avoiding the dangerous Taramakau Gorge. On 27 June, Howitt and two of his party set off across the lake by canoe to fish for eels and retrieve stores from their camp at the Arnold River outlet, and were never seen again. The canoe, which sat only three inches above
4399-542: The lake to fish for eels and kākahi (freshwater mussels), catch birds, or process pounamu . The green stone only found on the West Coast was a precious commodity to Māori all through Aotearoa , and a significant trade good for the Poutini Ngāi Tahu , the hapū who lived west of the Southern Alps / Tiritiri-o-te-moana . Fortified settlements were built at Pah Point on the eastern side of the lake, and on nearby Takataka Island, with terraces, stockades, and gardens. There
4482-467: The lake was bottomless, or that it was connected with the sea and rose and fell with the tides. A naval survey after WWII established its deepest part, near the Takataka islands by the mouth of the Crooked River, at around 335 feet. Like Lake Kaniere, the other large glacial lake on the West Coast, Lake Brunner is in a deeply-scoured basin and drops off quite rapidly around most of its shoreline. Its water
4565-489: The lake, which later became one of the two islands in the lake after it was killed by the chief's son. The name was variously rendered as Kotukuwakaho and Kotuku-kaoka ; Brunner spelled it "Kotu-urakaoka" in the proclamation that in 1853 defined the boundaries of the province. In the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998, the lake's name was rendered slightly differently, as Kōtuku-Whakaoho . The origin
4648-464: The lake. On the shore the party made a canoe from a kahikatea log and crossed the lake, which Rochfort named after Thomas Brunner, and exited by the river he dubbed the "Arnould". From January to March 1863 young explorer Herbert Charlton Howitt, who previously explored for gold across the Hurunui Saddle, cut a trail over the pass to Lake Brunner. He initially planned to make a trail around
4731-516: The lake. Smelt ( Retropinna retropinna ) were also liberated in Lake Brunner to serve as food for trout, but did not establish. Trout are caught from boats in the shallow lake waters, especially Iveagh Bay, or by fly fishing in the Orangaipuku, Hohonum or Crooked Rivers and the mouth of the Arnold River. The fish are abundant but not large—only 1 to 1.5 kg. The temperate West Coast climate means trout can still be caught in winter, when in
4814-609: The largest settlement of Moana, on the north shore of the lake. The largest rivers feeding into Lake Brunner are the Crooked River from the east, the Orangipuku River and Bruce Creek from the south at Swan Bay, and the Eastern Hohonu River from the west at Hohonu Spit. It is 31 km southwest of Greymouth, at an altitude of 76 m. Two small islands in Pah Bay near the mouth of the Crooked River are known as
4897-555: The location of the Southern Alps, which give rise to heavy orographic precipitation . The rain shadow effect is responsible for the relatively arid climate of the Canterbury Plains on the other side of the Southern Alps. The region is home to Ngāi Tahu , who value it for the greenstone (pounamu) found there in abundance. The region was only occasionally visited by Europeans until the discovery of gold near
4980-403: The moraine ridges to drain the lake to its present level. The same process of moraine deposition and glacial retreat created nearby Kangaroo Lake , Lady Lake , and Lake Haupiri . To the south of the lake, linking it to the Taramakau River valley, is a 1,200 acres (490 ha) stretch of flat land known in the 1860s as the "Natural Paddock" or "Bruce's Paddock". The term "paddock" referred on
5063-582: The more remote areas of the country, is also the most sparsely populated. With a population of just 32,900 people, the West Coast is the least populous region in New Zealand. The population in the region grew by 0.4% over the year to July 2023. The region has a rich and important history. The land itself is ancient, stretching back to the Carboniferous period ; this is evident by the amount of carboniferous materials naturally found there, especially coal . First settled by Kāi Tahu in approximately 1200 AD,
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#17327655434705146-528: The mountains at the Hurunui Saddle, known afterwards as the Harper Pass . Heading down the Taramakau towards the sea, he glimpsed grassy flats and the lake on his right, but did not investigate. In February 1859 surveyor John Rochfort followed the same route down the Taramakau, but after camping below its junction with the Ōtira , east of Mount Turiwhate, he headed north through the low gap that led to
5229-470: The mouth of the Crooked River, where they ate kākahi and raupō root, and Brunner smoked the last of his tobacco. His guides told Brunner there was an overland route across the mountains near the Taramakau River, but the group turned back and headed to the Grey and the Inangahua Valley. In October 1857 Leonard Harper , led by Ihaia Tainui and three other Māori, left Canterbury and crossed
5312-470: The next day. After native timber forestry had ceased on the West Coast, a business sprang up using divers and chains to salvage logs from the lake bottom for milling. Logs that had sunk to the lake floor a century ago remained perfectly preserved, with axe marks still visible. In the Great Depression , two thirds of the area's sawmills shut down, and in 1963 the Lake Brunner Sawmilling Company,
5395-587: The next valuable mineral was coal. Discovered near the Buller River in the mid-1840s, mining began in earnest during the 1860s. By the 1880s coal had become the region's main industry, with mines throughout the northern half of the region, especially around Westport . Many of these continued in operation until the mid-20th century, and several survive. Timber has also long been a major industry, although in recent years there has been an uneasy balance between forestry for wood and forestry for conservation. Much of
5478-413: The original language. For translating synthetic languages , a morphosyntactic analyzer and synthesizer are required. The best systems today use a combination of the above technologies and apply algorithms to correct the "natural" sound of the translation. In the end, though, professional translation firms that employ machine translation use it as a tool to create a rough translation that is then tweaked by
5561-399: The population resides. It is divided into the three local government districts of (from north to south) Buller , Grey and Westland . The land is very scenic, with wild coastlines, mountains and a very high proportion of native bush , much of it native temperate rain forest . It is the only part of New Zealand where significant tracts of lowland forest remain: elsewhere, for instance on
5644-423: The railway created a market for the long-lasting timber of manoao or silver pine ( Manoao colensoi ), which was used for railway sleepers, telegraph poles, and bridges. All trains stopped at Moana for water, and the settlement quickly grew: by 1906 it had four shops and a billiard room, and in 1907 a grand hall opened, hosting bachelor dances for the timber workers. The road took longer: by 1896 it had reached from
5727-514: The region is public land administered by the Department of Conservation and the region has some of the best remaining stands of native forest, along with a wealth of rare wildlife. Ecotourism is now an important industry, and this goes hand in hand with the conservation efforts. The West Coast region covers 23,245.52 km (8,975.15 sq mi) and has an estimated population of 34,800 as of June 2024, 0.7% of New Zealand's population. It
5810-436: The region. Air New Zealand flies between Christchurch and Hokitika and Sounds Air between Wellington and Westport. Literal translation Literal translation , direct translation , or word-for-word translation is a translation of a text done by translating each word separately without looking at how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence. In translation theory , another term for literal translation
5893-473: The short Valenski Walk and Rakaitane Track from Moana. Lake Brunner is recognised for its ecological value and importance to the tangata whenua , to tourism and to fisheries. The lake is classified as oligotrophic , meaning that it has naturally low levels of nutrients, low levels of algae and the water is of high quality. Regular monitoring of water quality in Lake Brunner began in the early 1990s. A report in 2006 identified declining water quality, and this
5976-439: The south from Rotomanu to Bell Hill, with a track to Stillwater, and by 1918 it was possible to drive from Rotumanu to Kotuku and then Greymouth—although the road was only kept navigable by grazing deer and a gate needed to be traversed at Bell Hill. Numerous sawmills sprung up along the railway line; some transported felled trees to the railway with bush trams operating on wooden rails. Other had logging gangs felling trees around
6059-402: The steam launch Little Tay across the lake and up the Orangipuku River to Inchbonnie, and during 1893 construction continued in both directions up to Rotomanu and down to Jacksons. The link between Stillwater and Ōtira was completed in 1894. The Midland Line connecting Greymouth and Christchurch opened in 1923, after 36 years of construction and the building of the Ōtira Tunnel. The building of
6142-421: The strongest growing regional economies of New Zealand in 2022, though from a rather small base. Industries include mining for coal and alluvial gold , forestry and wood processing, fishing (including whitebaiting ), tourism and farming. Dairy farming has grown strongly – the local dairy co-operative Westland Milk Products remained independent when most others merged to form Fonterra in 2001. In
6225-483: The water when laden, was presumably swamped in a storm, and the three men drowned; numerous subsequent searches turned up only his tent and some eel lines at the lake shore. In December 1865, during the West Coast gold rush , word got around that a group of prospectors, known as the "Kangaroo party", had lodged a claim on land to the north-east of Lake Brunner. Eight hundred men headed to the lake, where they found
6308-447: The western shore, closer to his constituency of Kumara . After some wrangling, the railway was laid to the east of the lake, and a road constructed to connect Kumara with the southern lakeshore, from which a steamboat could convey people to a railway station—although this ferry never eventuated. Moana had its own railway station by 1892, and the line continued as far south as Te Kinga, where it hit swampland. Materials were then conveyed by
6391-562: Was 48.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 5,448 people (16.3%) aged under 15 years, 4,518 (13.5%) aged 15 to 29, 15,861 (47.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 7,563 (22.7%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 89.7% European ( Pākehā ); 13.5% Māori ; 1.6% Pasifika ; 4.0% Asian ; 0.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 4.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English
6474-636: Was followed in 2010 by an update describing increasing nutrient levels in surface water, increasing chlorophyll (an indicator of biomass of algae), and a decrease in water clarity. The report suggested that intensification of agriculture in the catchment area could be the cause of the deterioration. There are 25 dairy farms in the catchment area of Lake Brunner. Dairy farmers responded to the concerns about deteriorating water quality by investing in riparian planting, improved fencing of waterways and bridging of streams on their properties. Many also invested in improved effluent treatment systems. A community group,
6557-502: Was once a backwater, but has rapidly-increasing numbers of expensive holiday mansions. Swimming, kayaking, waterskiing, and jetskis are all popular at Lake Brunner. Because the lake is fed from surrounding forest, not snow, it can reach pleasant temperatures in summer. The lake is surrounded by bush walks: Carew Falls and Bain Bay (currently closed) from Mitchells, the Mount Te Kinga / Aora o Te Kinga Track from Iveagh Bay, and
6640-556: Was spoken by 98.0%, Māori language by 2.3%, Samoan by 0.2% and other languages by 5.6%. No language could be spoken by 1.5% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 13.2, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 29.8% Christian , 0.6% Hindu , 0.2% Islam , 0.3% Māori religious beliefs , 0.4% Buddhist , 0.7% New Age , 0.1% Jewish , and 1.2% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 57.8%, and 9.0% of people did not answer
6723-471: Was subsequently settled by thousands of Irish Catholics after the Irish Famine , who constitute the majority of the population, alongside the indigenous Kāi Tahu and those who come from admixing between the two populations. The region was also heavily sought after by nuclear weapons states in the 1950s for its abundant resources of uranium , which many West Coasters found objectionable. The West Coast
6806-486: Was that 12,819 (45.9%) people were employed full-time, 4,101 (14.7%) were part-time, and 687 (2.5%) were unemployed. There are only four towns with a population over 1,000: Greymouth , Westport , Hokitika and Runanga . These four towns, plus Reefton (population 980), are recognised as urban areas by Statistics New Zealand. During the gold rush days, Hokitika had a population of more than 25,000 with more than 100 pubs . A recreation of an early New Zealand settlement
6889-528: Was traced to a husband and wife, Kōtuka and Māwhera, who gave their names to the lake and the Grey River respectively. The English name "Lake Brunner" was chosen by John Rochfort to honour the 19th century explorer Thomas Brunner , who was the first European to visit the lake. The lake was a significant resting point for Māori groups travelling east or west over the Hurunui saddle. They would stop at
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