Kiritaki Hut / Keretaki Hut / Seamac Motel
Ruahine Forest Park
Kiritaki hut (6 beds, wood-burning stove, firewood available in locality, roof-fed water tank). One of many excellent huts in the Ruahines, and the only hut to survive DOC's cull of the Southern Ruahine huts. The hut is maintained by a group of locals, and congratulations must go to them for a welcoming, well-maintained, comfortable place to spend the night (it even has cushions!).
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Owner
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Owner: DOC |
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Category
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Standard Hut |
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Sleeps
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Sleeps 6
6
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Facilities
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Toilet, Enclosed wood/coal burner |
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Water supply
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Tap or tank water |
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Getting there
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Rapawapawai Stream from Loveday roadend (275950, 610450): 6.5km (2.5 - 5 hours). Riverbed route, cut track for last 1.5km climb to the hut. Oruakeretaki Stream from Fairbrother Road (276180, 610670): Marked route: 5km (time unknown). Mangapuaka Stream and Matanginui Track from Kumeti Roadend (276370, 611070): 8km (2.5-6 hours) Matanginui Track from Opawe Roadend (275580, 611340): 10km (time unknown) |
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Unlocked
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This hut is unlocked and open to access. |
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Bookings
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No bookings — open access
No — open access
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Altitude
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780m |
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Mobile phone coverage
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No coverage |
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Maps
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NZTopo50-BM35
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ID 1618
About this hut
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