LAKE BRUNNER (Moana). A Beautiful Drive of twenty five miles from Greymouth The Jubilee Souvenir tells tho story of the discovery of this beautiful lake eighty-one years ago by the intrepid explorer, Thomas Brunner, after whom this glorious inland sea is named. Brunner and his gallant comrade, Charles Heaphy (afterwards Major Heaphy, V.C.) were the first known white men to visit the Mawhera Maori Pah (now Greymouth), which they reached by travelling overland from Nelson in 1846. Tho Jubilee Souvenir relates the romantic story of their great achievement.

Grey River Argus, 14 January 1928, Page 1 (Supplement)

LAKE BRUNNER (Moana). A Beautiful Drive of twenty five miles from Greymouth The Jubilee Souvenir tells tho story of the discovery of this beautiful lake eighty-one years ago by the intrepid explorer, Thomas Brunner, after whom this glorious inland sea is named. Brunner and his gallant comrade, Charles Heaphy (afterwards Major Heaphy, V.C.) were the first known white men to visit the Mawhera Maori Pah (now Greymouth), which they reached by travelling overland from Nelson in 1846. Tho Jubilee Souvenir relates the romantic story of their great achievement.