Cecil Kings Hut (historic) - Kahurangi National Park, Nelson/Tasman

Cecil Kings Hut (historic)Park: Kahurangi National ParkNelson/Tasman4/5Total ratings 55Category: Backcountry HutBunks: 4Cecil Kings Hut (historic) is located in Kahurangi National Park in the region of Nelson/Tasman. It has 4 bunks and the category of Backcountry Hut.Built from local red beech & dressed by hand, it is beech-pole framed, clad in slabs & roofed with shingles (later covered with iron). Named after Cecil King & built Sept., 1935, he was one of a party, including Boyd & Hunter who worked the claim around the hut & it may have been built by all three. Each summer for the next 46 years, King returned to work his claim, becoming a well-known identity, offering billy tea & conversation to passer-by’s. King died 22/6/82 & his family scattered his ashes around the hut. The wood-slab chimney was replaced by the NZFS with a galvanised-iron one in the 1970's. In 1991 Max Polglaze repaired the hut using silver beech, replacing the rotten exterior cladding & floorboards, & reinstating the internal framing. The bunks & leaks in the roof were repaired.Location:

Type	Location
New Zealand Topo50 Ref	BQ23 565 092
Latitude Longitude	-41.467537 172.479406
NZTM Grid Reference	E1556528 N5409209

Elevation: 457Amenities: Heating, Mattresses, Toilets, Open FireWater Source: Water body near hut

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culling

14/06/2023

As a young boy my father and I would sometimes stay with Cecil in his hut on our way to our camp in the South Branch of the Wangapeka. We would sometimes carry in supplies for Cecil in return for possum stew and a bunk. The diggings below the hut are quite a feat to know that it was only one mans work, with limited equipment.

Iron Duke Sea Venturers

02/01/2022

Great condition for age

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