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Mount Kapakapanui Possumers Hut
• Possumers Hut also known as Thornhills Hut, on Mount Kapakapanui near Waikanae. Still dry inside. There are a couple of old sponge squabs but the mice have been having a party with them. The locati...
Kime Hut Mk III
• The third Kime Hut is almost ready for occupation. The hut is now being painted and the last minor building work carried out. A new track has been formed down from Hut Mound. On the 8th May 2013 al...
Kime Hut and helicopter
• The remaining sections of the old hut and all the construction equipment being flown out by Helipro on May 8th 2013
New Kime Hut
• Progress on the new Kime Hut near Mt Hector in the Tararua Range. taken on 1/3/2013. The cladding was completed 2 days later and demolition is about to start on the old hut (16/3/2013)
Kime Hut replacement
• Builders working on the new Kime Hut (number 3) on 8/2/2013. 20 bunks, lots of insulation and double glazing. better placed to capture sun and light than the old hut
Top Gorge hut
• Top Gorge Hut in the head waters of the Pohangina River in the Ruahines. Can be reached from Longview Hut, Irongate Hut or via the tops over Tunupo. Only 2 bunks (plenty of room for more) but quite...
Leon Kinvig Hut
• Leon Kinvig Hut is in the middle reaches of the Pohangina River in the Ruahines and can be reached from Limestone Road via Toka trig or via the river from Top Gorge Hut (downstream) or Ngamoko Hut ...
Levitating Waxeye
• Look Ma no wings
Kime Hut and Helicopter
• Helipro helicopter removing the last of the old hut and construction equipment for the new hut on May 8th 2013
