 Brunner returned to the mouth of the Buller River in March 1861 but this time aboard a ship . Working in much greater comfort than on his last visit to the area in 1848 , with other members of his staff he surveyed and laid out sections for what would become the town of Westport . Later that month he did the same for Greymouth . The work was soon completed and the party returned to Nelson in April 1861 . 
