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Comet Hut

Comet Hut - still there and looking good.

Comet Hut - still there and looking good.

Despite being slated for removal several years ago hut seems well maintained and in good order. Change of heart from ...   More ▶︎
Comet Hut appears to have a new name...

Comet Hut appears to have a new name...

Not sure of background story here. The start of a nationwide renaming program perhaps?   More ▶︎
Comet Hut

Comet Hut

Comet hut (sleeps 4, tank water) is classed as a basic hut / biv, but is comfortable and of a ...   More ▶︎
Walking the length of the Ruahines

Walking the length of the Ruahines

This article documents my recollections of the Ruahine setion (Wharite to Kuripapango) of a walk from Wharite near Palmerston North ...   More ▶︎
Pinus Contorta Lane

Pinus Contorta Lane

Track from Comet to Shutes   More ▶︎
The beautiful Taruarau River

The beautiful Taruarau River

The Taruarau runs through the northern Ruahines before joining the Ngaruroro. Great fishing, swimming and the clearest river water I've ...   More ▶︎
Shutes Hut

Shutes Hut

Set in a large clearing, this 1920’s stone-built hut is the best of the Ruahines. Built and inhabited for many ...   More ▶︎
Shute's Hut (Ruahines) interior

Shute's Hut (Ruahines) interior

In great condition for an old girl, and the hut books make fascinating reading. Shame about the assorted rubbish left ...   More ▶︎
Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

inside Shutes hut   More ▶︎
Manuka Slat beds

Manuka Slat beds

Inside shutes hut these are just about more comfortable than the new age slat beds we use today   More ▶︎
Shutes Hut

Shutes Hut

4 bunk hut in the Northern Ruahines built in 1920 comming up to 100 years old very comfy Manuka poled ...   More ▶︎

Walking the length of the Ruahines

A 10+ day trip down to backbone of the Ruahine Range from Wharite (Palmerston Sth) to the Napier Taihape (Gentle ...   More ▶︎
Ruahine Forest Park

Ruahine Forest Park

A slim park running along the Ruahine Range from the Manawatu Gorge to the southernmost point of Kaweka Forest Park ...   More ▶︎
Taruarau Valley

Taruarau Valley

Taruarau Valley from pt 1183 (ridgeline above Diane's Hut)   More ▶︎
The Kaweka Main Range - a NS traverse

The Kaweka Main Range - a NS traverse

A Kaimanawa-Kaweka traverse from Rangataiki to the Gentle Annie (Napier-Taihape) summit. 5-10 days of good track-tramping through the beech & manuka ...   More ▶︎

Diane's Hut

Diane's Hut (sleeps 6, wood burning stove, firewood available in locality, stream water) is located on a stony bench just ...   More ▶︎

Kaweka Main Ridge - NS Traverse

A north-south trip down the main divide through the Kaimanawas and Kawekas. The east-west watershed actually runs through private land to ...   More ▶︎

Madpom's Kaimanawa-Kaweka NS traverse

A north-south trip down the main range through the Kaimanawas and Kawekas. See the associated route guide (track) for details This GPX ...   More ▶︎

Taruarau Biv

Taruarau Biv   More ▶︎
Kuripapango

Kuripapango

Kuripapango and the Ngaruroro from Kuripapango Peak   More ▶︎
Circumnavigating the Kiwi

Circumnavigating the Kiwi

About a 4 day trip in the Kaweka Forest Park. I called it this because the route travels around the ...   More ▶︎
Circumnavigating the Kiwi

Circumnavigating the Kiwi

A 4-5 day trip in the Kaweka Forest Park   More ▶︎