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