Built in 1963 by the NZFS as a S81 four-bunk design, it is named after NZ's 13th Prime Minister, Sir Robert Stout. In 1983, the NZFS lined it & flew in a toilet. In the summer of 2003/04, DOC repainted &, resealed it, & completed some minor repairs. In March, 2018, over 3-days Permolat volunteers cleared an extensive area of vegetation & replaced a pile, the sky-light, & the ridge capping. They also repainted the hut in Dulux Porangahau (a close looking Rescue Orange colour), in a return to the huts colour of the 1970's. Edit Hut