Thomas Noel Brodrick (25 December 1855 – 12 July 1931) was a New Zealand surveyor and public servant, serving as

Surveyor-General of New Zealand Surveyor-General A surveyor general is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. Historically, this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post. The foll ...

from April to October 1920. Brodrick was born in

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, England, on 25 December 1855 and arrived in New Zealand aboard the ''Nimroud'' in 1860. Brodrick was appointed district surveyor in 1888 and transferred to

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. Brodrick surveyed the mountain boundaries of many pastoral runs, whose Crown land leases were expiring. This involved a topographical survey and triangulation of most of the eastern side of the

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, from

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in the north to the

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in the south. Brodrick was appointed an

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in the 1919 King's Birthday Honours, and a

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in the 1920 King's Birthday Honours.

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1855 births 1931 deaths New Zealand public servants New Zealand surveyors English emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire New Zealand Companions of the Imperial Service Order People from Martinborough 19th-century New Zealand public servants 20th-century New Zealand public servants {{NewZealand-gov-bio-stub