Phil Thorn has spent much of the last three days using a hand crank on a bespoke tandem recumbent bicycle to weave his way across the South Island.
Starting at Greymouth on Thursday, he completed the trek of around 250km this afternoon at Christchurch's New Brighton Pier.
The adventure is the latest in a series of physical challenges for Thorn, who contracted meningitis in September 2008, aged 39. He endured three weeks in a coma at Dunedin Hospital. The illness left him blind, deaf and without the use of his legs. He has since biked around Lake Taupo and through Molesworth Station.
Thorn completed the coast-to-coast odyssey with a team that included his sighted pilot Jon Fifield, Paralympic swimming champion Mary Fisher and her Dad Mike on a conventional tandem called "Ruby", and a busload of supporters.
The exercise raised money for the Laura Fergusson Trust, whose Wellington branch has supported Thorn in his rehabilitation. The organisation is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary.