Thread: Old huts

Camp Stream hut was getting hammered by the Te Araroa Trail walkers
(never supposed to have 20+ every weekend)

lowering of tourist numbers might mean it lasts a bit longer!

Harris Stream Hut...Lower Dobson around 1971 unfinished.

Here’s a Old one reaped in History , Urquharts Hut , built in 1933 , head of the Wilberforce towards Browning Pass , Still got dirt floor and pole and canvas bunks , bit nippy in the winter this one , check out the Cullers Talley on back of Door

Had some chilly nights in that hut brrrr. Gotta almost sit in the fireplace during winter

That Gerald Goodyer seasonal tally stands @ the Canty record.Alot of those tails were from the Mathias that season.He,s still around- farms in the Lindis

Originally Posted by Bos

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Heres another couple.
First one is what we used to call the Back hut on Ngamatea. Havent been back since 1976.
Second one is below the Makirkiri flats at the back of Mangohane

Was that on a big swampy clearing, the second one? What year was the photo


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Enjoying this thread , so important these old huts are saved for future generations

Originally Posted by MSL

Was that on a big swampy clearing, the second one? What year was the photo


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Yea I think so from what I remember - pic is fairly recent, about 98/99 I think. Hut wasn't liveable back then, unless you were really desperate

Originally Posted by Mathias

Had some chilly nights in that hut brrrr. Gotta almost sit in the fireplace during winter

Hahaha , I reckon

Originally Posted by Bos

Yea I think so from what I remember - pic is fairly recent, about 98/99 I think. Hut wasn't liveable back then, unless you were really desperate

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Te Puke Hut , Kawekas , great place if not clouded in

Originally Posted by MSL

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Thats a shame ah. They get to a point where its either much needed maintenance or gone forever - the latter in this case
I remember shooting 3 deer on the flats just above the hut with me old mate Vern Conchie

Originally Posted by Lucky

Te Puke Hut , Kawekas , great place if not clouded in
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Gotta flash porch on the front, now
Great hunting area.

Originally Posted by Shearer

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Spent a quiet New Year’s Eve in that hut 1 year , veranda a handy addition