Bulwer, New Zealand Explained

Bulwer
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	New Zealand
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Marlborough
Pushpin Map:	New Zealand Marlborough
Coordinates:	-40.9417°N 173.9497°W

Bulwer is a small locality in Waihinau Bay in the outer Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere, New Zealand. It can be reached by 77 km of winding, mostly unsealed, road from Rai Valley.^{[1] [2]} A weekly mail boat service delivers mail and also offers passenger services.

The area surrounding Bulwer features a mixture of native bush, farm land and pine plantations.

Naming

"Bulwer" and the associated name "Lytton Water"^[3] honour either Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) or his son Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831-1891).^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Reed New Zealand Atlas. 2004. 0-7900-0952-8. Peter Dowling . Reed Books. map 59.
2. Book: The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. 2005. 1-877333-20-4. Roger Smith, GeographX. Robbie Burton. map 131.
3. Book: United States Hydrographic Office. New Zealand Pilot: Including Kermadec Islands, Chatham Islands, and the Off-lying Islands Southeastward and Southward of New Zealand . Hydrographic Office publications. 171. 2. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1929. 364. 2015-12-27. Lytton Water lies at the confluence of Popoure and Pinohia Reaches with Opouri Bay..
4. Book: Reed , Alexander Wyclif . Alexander Wyclif Reed

   . Alexander Wyclif Reed. Peter Dowling. Max Cryer. The Reed dictionary of New Zealand place names. 1975. 2002. 2002. Reed. Auckland. 0-7900-0761-4. Bulwer [...] was surveyed and named, together with Lytton Water as the bay. Both names honoured the author Edward Bulwer-Lytton, or possibly his father[sic], Lord Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, viceroy of India from 1876 to 1880..