A S70 type, built by the NZFS, Paul Gush & co. in 1966. Members of the NZDA Porirua have been slowly undertaking remedial work on the hut during 2021, including replacing the floor in front of the fire which had collapsed. January, 2022, saw Graeme Blanchard & 4 other volunteers paint the interior & exterior of the hut, as well as scrub-bar around the hut. The hut has been returned to its original NZFS orange colour scheme. Future areas needing work includes the chimney, window & floor in the front alcove. Edit Hut
DOC's guide to the route is roughly correct except there is no second functional gate about 3 km up the GWRC forestry road. The fork to the 4wd track in the stream is at WGS84 coordinate Lat: -41.39992; Long: 175.27911. Not the fork to a weir. Nor the second fork. It is the third fork 70m along. There is a stoat trap on the right hand side immediately opposite the track down to the stream.