Buller Gorge

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} thumb|Hawk's Crag on the lower Buller Gorge 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.<ref>{{LINZ|45231|Upper Buller Gorge|17 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{LINZ|26937|Lower Buller Gorge|17 March 2018}}</ref> {{NZlSH|6}} runs alongside, but considerably above, the river through the gorge. The Stillwater - Westport Line railway also runs through the gorge.

New Zealand's longest swingbridge at {{convert|110|m|ft}} in length<ref>[http://www.lonelyplanet.com/new-zealand/the-west-coast/murchison/activities/bridge/buller-gorge-swingbridge Buller Gorge Swingbridge] Buller Gorge Swingbridge, Lonely Planet website. Accessed 2013-09-18.</ref> spans the Buller River {{convert|14|km|mi|0}} west of Murchison. That area also offers rides on a zip-line across the gorge<ref>[http://www.bullergorge.co.nz/ Buller Gorge Swingbridge Adventure and Heritage Park] Buller Gorge Swingbridge Adventure and Heritage Park website. Accessed 2013-09-18.</ref> as well as several short bush walks.

The gorge and river both take their name from Charles Buller, Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK) and director of the New Zealand Company, a UK-based company in the early 1800s with a royal charter supporting colonization efforts of New Zealand.

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