Huts
Newly added huts
Long Harry Hut (palace)
Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16. Created 16 May 2012yesterday.
Location, location, location. Gorgeous hut in incredibly picturesque setting above cliffs with accessible beaches.
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Punga Hut / Miro Valley Hut
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6. Updated 24 April 201224 April.
Super-secret hut in the northern Tararuas.
Possibly the most interesting hut in the Tararuas. Built in 1958-1959 from horizontally laid punga trunks over a locally cut hardwood frame. The roof is corrogated iron and perspex. The hut is weathertight, features 4 ... More »
Possibly the most interesting hut in the Tararuas. Built in 1958-1959 from horizontally laid punga trunks over a locally cut hardwood frame. The roof is corrogated iron and perspex. The hut is weathertight, features 4 ... More »
Orange Hut
Basic Hut/Bivvy (Not applicable). Capacity: 6. Updated 24 April 201224 April.
Orange Hut in the Akatarawa Forest Park is a GWRC (Wellington Regional Council) hut. It sits in a clearing in a stand of mature conifers beside the Whakatikei River. The place has the feeling of a picnic area, given the ...
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Snowy Hut / Snowy River Hut
Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 3. Updated 23 April 201223 April.
Snowy Hut (aka Snowy River Hut): An unmarked hut in the Tararuas. Used mainly by hunters, though also a few trampers and also DoC workers - so DoC clearly know the hut is there. However the hut is not listed ...
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Weka Burnet biv
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. Created 11 April 201211 April.
2 person upright biv as opposed to the dogbox style at junction of Weka and Burnet Streams, not far from the Wilberforce River.
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Forbes Hut (Hunter)
Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. Updated 9 April 20129 April.
Forbes Hut is a typical 4 (6?) bunk forestry hut in the Hunter. The hut sits on the last of the broad, grassy river flats before The Forks above which both the East and West Hunter become narrow and gorged ...
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Top Waitaha hut
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6. Updated 8 April 20128 April.
This hut is an NZFS six bunker that was built in 1968. It has no open fire or stove. There is still an NZFS era kerosene cooker there though. Water supply is from the river.
Top Waitaha as the name implies ... More »
Top Waitaha as the name implies ... More »
County Hut
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6. Updated 23 March 201223 March.
County Hut is of the standard six-bunk NZFS type. There is no fire or woodburner but it is lined and has a roof-fed water tank, and toilet.
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Moonbeam hut
Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. Updated 23 March 201223 March.
Moonbeam hut is on a terrace on the TL bank of the Waitaha River 300m above the confluence with Moonbeam Torrent. It is an NZFS six bunker of 1969 vintage. It's in good condition and unlike many of its contemporaries ...
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Top Crawford hut ("New")
Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. Updated 26 April 201226 April.
This entry is for the "new" Top Crawford hut which is an hour walk up the valley from the location of the "old" Top Crawford hut. It is the same hut that has been dismantled, rebuilt & upgraded at the ...
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