Historic huts
Richmond hut (Te Kahui Kaupeka)
Hut.
Shelter (DOC).
Created
9 March 20149 March 2014.
A tiny mustering hut high on Bush Stream. The hut is old, with signatures dating back to 1896. It is described by DOC as "not suitable for accommodation."
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Tin Hut
Hut.
Shelter (DOC).
Created
6 March 20146 March 2014.
A restored hut on the Waingaro Pack Track, on the Lockett Range. The hut dated from the 1930s, and is located 60m below the track, with the roof visible from the track.
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Ellis Hut / Murderer's Hut (Hawke's Bay)
Hut.
Private hut (DOC).
Updated
2 February 20202 February 2020.
This is a historic hut which is available for recreational use. The hut was built 1884 for Poporangi Station, and constructed of pit sawn weatherboards. The hut is named for Jack Ellis, a murderer who holed up there in 1904. ...
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Godley Hut
Hut.
Standard Hut (NZAC). Capacity: 8.
Created
27 February 201427 February 2014.
Historic hut opened 24 December 1934. This hut is located above Fitzgerald Stream at the head of the Godley Valley, and surrounded by glaciers and lakes.
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Chancellor Hut
Hut.
Serviced Alpine Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.
Created
25 February 201425 February 2014.
This historic hut is located 200m above Fox Glacier on Chancellor Ridge. The bunk room was formally the women's room. Built 1931, this is the oldest New Zealand alpine hut on its original site.
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Sutherlands Hut, Four Peaks Range
Hut.
Private hut (PVT). Capacity: 8.Bookings required.
Created
23 February 201423 February 2014.
Historic stone boundary keepers' hut on the Mowbray River. This hut was commissioned by Charles Tripp for Orari Gorge Station, and constructed around 1867.
This hut is on private land, and may be visited on the Four Peaks High Country ...
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Wallers Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 5.
Updated
21 March 201421 March 2014.
Historic corrugated iron and beech pole miners' hut in the Whakaari Conservation Area. The hut was built on Wallers Creek in the 1920s and well used in the Second World War when scheelite demand peaked.
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Home Hill Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
Updated
29 November 201829 November 2018.
A rustic hut above the old Birchdale Homestead site in the Caples Valley.. Roof has been replaced and new bunks and mattresses have been installed.
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Dog Box Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC).
Updated
8 February 20148 February 2014.
Historic musterers' hut built around 1916 by Fairlight Station. The Autumn muster led up the Mataura River to Beech Hut, then over the range to Dog Box Hut, and back down the Eyre River. Overnight accommodation prohibited.
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Beech Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
Created
8 February 20148 February 2014.
Musterers' hut high on the Mataura River in the Eyre Mountains. Built of beech saplings and corrugated iron around 1905, this is one of Southland's oldest musterers' huts. Note no toilet.
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Deep Creek Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6.
Created
15 January 201415 January 2014.
1891 musterers' hut on the Pisa Range. This hut has become public following land tenure review, and has been restored to its original structure. The corrugated iron hut features a stone fireplace, coal range, and boxing graffiti from the early ...
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Inchs' Hut
Hut.
Private hut (PVT). Capacity: 4.Bookings required.
Updated
26 May 202026 May 2020.
Rustic beech framed hut with tin cladding and roof built in 1973 I think by Gordon, Harold and one other Inch plus some Kings. Frequented almost entirely by hunters (and wannabe hunters).
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Candlesticks Bivvy
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
Updated
24 April 201724 April 2017.
S86 Biv constructed about 1958 in the headwaters of Bull Creek. In 2016 volunteers from Malvern Branch NZDA repaired, sealed and repainted this biv. A toilet has been supplied and installed and woodshed constructed. Funds to achieve this were provided ...
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Greta Lodge
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6.
Created
4 September 20134 September 2013.
This old wooden hut was built during the 1930s, and housed workers on the Glen Lyon Road.
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Landing Shed
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 7.
Updated
29 August 201329 August 2013.
Coastal hut at Otago Retreat in Preservation Inlet, built 1940. This building originally serviced the Puysegur Point Lighthouse.
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Top Okarito hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (Private). Capacity: 4.
Updated
3 April 20173 April 2017.
This was a "squatters" hut (illegal structure) dating from the 1950's that has been used by duck shooters, fishermen & black sand goldminers over the years. DOC were making moves to remove this hut but it is now "legal" & ...
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Ballarat Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3.
Created
30 July 201330 July 2013.
Small corrugated iron hut next to Ballarat Creek, near Mount Aurum.
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Crystal Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
Created
28 July 201328 July 2013.
Corrugated iron miners' hut apparently dating from the 1930s near Skippers. The hut is about 2km up Sawyers Creek, at the site of an old battery.
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Horse Flat Hut
Hut.
Shelter (DOC).
Created
27 July 201327 July 2013.
An historic iron rabbiters' hut on river flats in the Clarence Reserve. The carved door indicates the hut was built in 1909. Dirt floor and no chimney.
Overnight stays prohibited.
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Turnbull's (Big Dam) Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
Created
27 July 201327 July 2013.
A hut built to service the Martins Water Race, which supplied the Big Dam and Round Hill Diggings. The hut is in poor condition.
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Martin's Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
Created
27 July 201327 July 2013.
Historic hut on Martins Water Race, which supplied the Big Dam and Round Hill Diggings. Built in 1905 by Fred Mason.
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Hut Creek (Stone) Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
Created
27 July 201327 July 2013.
An historic boundary keeper's hut on Hut Creek near the Otematata River. The stone hut is tidy, and was restored in 2010.
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Monument Hut, Banks Peninsula
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (NA). Capacity: 8.
Created
27 July 201327 July 2013.
This surprising little hut is a relic of the YHA farm hostel network on Banks Peninsula.
The hut was built in 1957 by the Faulkner brothers, who apparently still maintain the hut today. The hut is built on cow country, ...
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East Branch Ahuriri (Quailburn) Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6.
Updated
27 July 201327 July 2013.
This historic beech pole and iron hut was the boundary keeper's hut for Quailburn Station. Later, it served as a musterers' hut, and now it is part of Ahuriri Conservation Park. The hut has earth floor, netting bunks, and an ...
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Hideaway Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6.
Updated
5 March 20235 March 2023.
A musterers' hut of corrugated iron and beech poles, thought to date from 1876. Has had extensive repeated charming renovations.
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Ida Railway Hut
Hut.
Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.
Updated
9 March 20149 March 2014.
A musterers' hut and a railway station conjoined on the high tussock peneplain of the Hawkdun Plateau.
This hut was originally the Ida Valley Station on the Otago Central Railway. The station was built 1919 after the original burned down. The ...
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Glen Roy Raceman's Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC).
Updated
27 July 201327 July 2013.
Water raceman's hut in the head of Doolan's Creek. The Welshmen's Water Race was used to supply various goldmining operations near Gibbston.
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Almer Hut
Hut.
Serviced Alpine Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.
Updated
7 February 20137 February 2013.
Located on the top of Franz Josef Glacier, this was the first prefabricated and air-lifted hut in Westland National Park, in 1950. Renovated in 1992 and 1995. Maintenance supported by Franz Josef Glacier Guides.
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Comyns Hut
Hut.
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 8.
Updated
27 July 201327 July 2013.
Corrugated iron hut on grassland next to Turtons Stream, south of Lake Coleridge. Constructed in 1957, restored in 2008, and reportedly in good condition. The original hut was built in 1897, and is still standing.
Alfred Comyns was a local musterer. ...
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