The Burkes Pass Heritage Trust:
"In earlier days Burkes Pass was the pioneer township in the Mackenzie Country sited on the banks of the the Opihi River. It is now an important heritage site on a major tourist route to the Mackenzie basin, Mt Cook and Queenstown. ..."
http://www.burkespass.org.nz/
Worth a visit and certainly worth a strop if  you are driving past...