Kapakapanui Hut

Tararua Forest Park, Wellington

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Standard Hut, 6 Bunks
Amenities
Heating, Mattresses, Cellphone Reception, Toilets, Closed Fire, Wood Stove
Water Source
Roof into tank
Location
NZ Topo 50:BP33 815 682
NZTM Grid Ref:E1781512 N5468230
Lat/Long:-40.916900175.155482
Elevation:856m
Notes
Built over 1966 & 1967 by the Kapiti Branch of NZDA. In 2019, funded by the Backcountry Trust, branch members carried out a restoration of the hut. They added new windows, some exterior cladding, replaced the floor, new wall linings, a new meat safe & a new roof. See https://www.backcountrytrust.org.nz/projects-blog/kapakapanui-hut-restoration and https://gwbn.org.nz/our-huts/kapakapanui-hut. There is 1 bar of cellphone signal if you stand on the large log behind the toilet & a better signal 250m up the track at spot height 890m. Edit Hut
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Good condition hut. Barely any camping space though
jackson - 02/11/2022
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would be a 5 but there was an earthquake the night i was there which made me shit myself a little.

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