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Hut in the Tararua ranges

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Hut in the Tararua ranges
New Zealand has a network of huts for trampers and hunters in forest and national parks. Many of these are maintained by the Department of Conservation. The Tararua ranges are a forest park north of Wellington.

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Jock Phillips, Sports and leisure – Informal sports, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2256/hut-in-the-tararua-ranges (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 15 January 2010, updated 1 September 2015.