New Zealand huts we have visited.

AA hut, Old Man Range, Kopuwai Conservation Area. Located near the Potters No.2 goldfield on the Waikaia Bush Road. (April 2015)

Apricot (Cullers) hut, Ruataniwha Conservation Area, Hopkins Valley.

Archies hut, Mount Aurum recreation Reserve, Feb. 2012.

Back Valley hut, Fiordland National Park.

Bealy hut, Cragieburn Conservation Park, 2011

Blanket Bay, Doubtful Sound, 2008, mainly cafe and meeting point for local fishermen (and women!).

Blowfly (Blue) hut, Paringa-Haast Cattle Track, South Westland.

Boundary hut (2012), Kopuwai Conservation Area, Old Man Range. Nicely done up by DOC, mostly used by back-country skiers.

Boundary hut, Oteake Conservation Area, Upper Manuherekia River.

Bullendale hut, Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve, Feb. 2012.

Cascade hut, Matukituki valley, 2012.

Clinton huts, Milford Track, Fiordland National Park, 2011.

Dart hut, Mount Aspiring National Park, December 2007.

Deep Creek hut. Pisa Range, Cardrona Pack Track, Central Otago, before restoration in 2012.

Dodger hut, Hopkins Valley, April 2008.

Dynamo hut, Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve, Feb. 2012.

Dynamo Red hut, Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve, Feb. 2012. A real classic, lots of old stuff inside. 2 bunks.

Dynamo Red hut interior, Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve, Feb. 2012.

Erceg hut, Hopkins valley, April 2008.

Interior, Erceg hut, Hopkins valley, April 2008.

Fern Burn hut, Motatapu track, Te Araroa Trail (April 2012). 12 bunks.

Field hut, Tararua Range, 2010. Euan's first "real" tramping hut (1963), also Jennie's in 1970.

French Ridge hut, Mount Aspiring National Park. March 2012.

Old Grassy Flats, Styx valley Westland, circa 1969. A younger and hairier version of Euan (and yes, the shorts were quite fashionable at the time!).

Greenstone hut, Greenstone valley, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Hagens hut, Ahuriri valley, January 2006.

Harman Creek hut (circa 1970), Arahura Valley, Westland.

Harris Saddle shelter, Routeburn track, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Harris Saddle shelters, Routeburn track, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Head hut, Carrick water race, Carrick Range, Central Otago 2012

Hidden Falls hut, Hollyford track, Fiordland National park.

Okaka huts, Hump track, October 2008.

Jacks (Historic) hut, Arthurs Pass National Park.

Junction hut, upper Pomahaka valley, Old Man Range, Kopuwai Conservation Area. Low resolution cellphone photo.

Old Lagoon Saddle hut, Craigieburn Forest Park, April 2011

Lagoon Saddle shelter, Craigieburn Forest Park, April 2011.

McKenzie hut, Routeburn track, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Liverpool biv. (old), Matukituki valley, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Makarora hut, Mount Aspiring National Park, February 2009.

Martin's hut, Longwoods Conservation Area, Te Araroa. February 2017. Tidy condition, 4 bunks and mattresses.

McKellar hut post makeover, Greenstone valley, Mount Aspiring National Park, May 2012.

McKellar hut, Greenstone valley, Mount Aspiring National Park, December 2005 before the makeover!

McKinnon Pass Shelter, Milford Track, Fiordland National Park, 2010.

Mid Caples prior to a makeover in 2013.

Mount Fyffe hut, Seaward Kaikoura Range, November 2011

Mueller hut, Mount Cook National Park, December 2011.

Nicholsons hut, Old Man Range, Kopuwai Conservation Area.

North Arm hut, Rakiura track, Stewart Island.

Old Junction hut, Bains Conservation Area, Umbrella Mountains. Low resolution photo off cellphone!

Old Woman hut, Old Woman Range, Kopuwai Consevation Area.

OTMC 25 Mile Creek hut, Rees valley, December 2007.

OTMC 25 Mile Creek hut, Rees valley, December 2007. (Hut removed)

Oturere hut, Tongariro National Park, 22nd October 1982, before we got snowed in with our four young kids.

Oturere hut, 25th October 1982 after we got snowed in with our four young kids, before the airforce helicopter arrived!

Port Craig schoolhouse, now a DOC hut, South Coast and Hump tracks, Fiordland National Park. Cosy wood stove, a real gem.

Port Craig Hump Track hut, October 2006, Fiordland National Park.

Powell hut, Tararua Forest Park.

Quinton huts shelter, Milford track, Fiordland National Park.

Raceman's hut, Carrick Range, on water race below Old Woman hut. 2012.

Red hut, Ahuriri valley.

Routeburn Falls hut, Routeburn track, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Routeburn Flats hut, Routeburn track, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Sam Summers hut, Twelve Mile Creek, Mount Crichton Scenic Reserve near Queenstown.

Siberia hut (old), Christmas 2006, replaced after this hut burnt down in ?2008.

Shamrock hut, Ahuriri valley.

Steele Creek hut, Mount Aspiring NP. Comfortable accommodation (4 bunks) with heaps of character. Good camping nearby.

Shelter Rock hut, Rees Dart circuit.

Shallow Bay hut, Lake Manapouri, Fiordland National Park.

Slip Flat hut, lower Greenstone Valley. Lovely old hut, well hidden and very hard to find!

Sunrise hut, Ruahine Forest Park, 2009. An old haunt in our Wellington days that has grown considerably (but not necessarily improved) over the years!

The Mansion, Irthing Stream, Eyre Mountains 2007. (2 bunks)

"Tin hut", Ben Avon Station. On Te Araroa but not a public hut. DoC loo outside. Mattresses, hut book.

Top hut, Ahuriri valley. (2 bunks).

Turnbull hut, Longwoods Conservation Area. Hut in poor condition, 3 bunks and old mattresses, February 2017.

Upper Caples, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Wattie Thompson's hut, 9 Mile Historic Reserve near the Lindis Hotel campground and ruins. Unusual concrete construction, Wattie mined gold nearby.

Updated February 2017 (Martin's hut; Turnbull hut, Dynamo huts, Bullendale).

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Jennie and Euan have been tramping in New Zealand for (collectively) nearly 100 years and we can now both go back to huts we last visited over 40 years ago (provided we can still get there!) In that time, huts have come and gone, sometimes more than once, the technology for recording them has changed from small black-and-white contact prints to 10MG+ digital colour, and backcountry gear has improved out of all recognition.

The thing that has not got better, despite the advertising hype and techno blurb, are packs. I still have a metal-frame Mountain Mule ("It carries the load!") with an oversize canvas bag (80 litres). It weighs about 3kg and reliably keeps my gear dry. No modern pack does that, and it is reasonably comfortable to carry. In the 1960's I returned a pack to the manufacturer because it leaked! Imagine doing that with a modern pack!

This file is a small proportion of the the 500+ huts Euan has visited over the last 50 years and the 420 or so huts Jennie has bagged. They are in alphabetical order (more or less) but photos added recently may be at the end of the file.

More will be added as time and flagging energy permits.

Oturere hut, Tongariro National Park, 22nd October 1982, before we got snowed in with our four young kids.

French Ridge hut, Mount Aspiring National Park. March 2012.

Old Woman hut, Old Woman Range, Kopuwai Consevation Area.

Fern Burn hut, Motatapu track, Te Araroa Trail (April 2012). 12 bunks.

Shamrock hut, Ahuriri valley.

Back Valley hut, Fiordland National Park.

Erceg hut, Hopkins valley, April 2008.

Bealy hut, Cragieburn Conservation Park, 2011

McKenzie hut, Routeburn track, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Mid Caples prior to a makeover in 2013.

Blowfly (Blue) hut, Paringa-Haast Cattle Track, South Westland.

Old Lagoon Saddle hut, Craigieburn Forest Park, April 2011

Boundary hut (2012), Kopuwai Conservation Area, Old Man Range. Nicely done up by DOC, mostly used by back-country skiers.

Greenstone hut, Greenstone valley, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Sam Summers hut, Twelve Mile Creek, Mount Crichton Scenic Reserve near Queenstown.

Cascade hut, Matukituki valley, 2012.

McKellar hut, Greenstone valley, Mount Aspiring National Park, December 2005 before the makeover!

Clinton huts, Milford Track, Fiordland National Park, 2011.

OTMC 25 Mile Creek hut, Rees valley, December 2007.

Field hut, Tararua Range, 2010. Euan's first "real" tramping hut (1963), also Jennie's in 1970.

Dodger hut, Hopkins Valley, April 2008.

Routeburn Falls hut, Routeburn track, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Dynamo hut, Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve, Feb. 2012.

Blanket Bay, Doubtful Sound, 2008, mainly cafe and meeting point for local fishermen (and women!).

Liverpool biv. (old), Matukituki valley, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Harman Creek hut (circa 1970), Arahura Valley, Westland.

Siberia hut (old), Christmas 2006, replaced after this hut burnt down in ?2008.

Harris Saddle shelter, Routeburn track, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Boundary hut, Oteake Conservation Area, Upper Manuherekia River.

Mount Fyffe hut, Seaward Kaikoura Range, November 2011

Liverpool biv. (old), Matukituki valley, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Upper Caples, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Makarora hut, Mount Aspiring National Park, February 2009.

Dart hut, Mount Aspiring National Park, December 2007.

Sam Summers hut, Twelve Mile Creek, Mount Crichton Scenic Reserve near Queenstown.

Mueller hut, Mount Cook National Park, December 2011.

Apricot (Cullers) hut, Ruataniwha Conservation Area, Hopkins Valley.

Nicholsons hut, Old Man Range, Kopuwai Conservation Area.

Dynamo Red hut, Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve, Feb. 2012. A real classic, lots of old stuff inside. 2 bunks.

Hagens hut, Ahuriri valley, January 2006.

Powell hut, Tararua Forest Park.

Quinton huts shelter, Milford track, Fiordland National Park.

Harris Saddle shelters, Routeburn track, Mount Aspiring National Park.

OTMC 25 Mile Creek hut, Rees valley, December 2007. (Hut removed)

Shelter Rock hut, Rees Dart circuit.

Shallow Bay hut, Lake Manapouri, Fiordland National Park.

Martin's hut, Longwoods Conservation Area, Te Araroa. February 2017. Tidy condition, 4 bunks and mattresses.

Blowfly (Blue) hut, Paringa-Haast Cattle Track, South Westland.

The Mansion, Irthing Stream, Eyre Mountains 2007. (2 bunks)

"Tin hut", Ben Avon Station. On Te Araroa but not a public hut. DoC loo outside. Mattresses, hut book.

North Arm hut, Rakiura track, Stewart Island.

Bullendale hut, Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve, Feb. 2012.

Hidden Falls hut, Hollyford track, Fiordland National park.

Oturere hut, 25th October 1982 after we got snowed in with our four young kids, before the airforce helicopter arrived!

Raceman's hut, Carrick Range, on water race below Old Woman hut. 2012.

Deep Creek hut. Pisa Range, Cardrona Pack Track, Central Otago, before restoration in 2012.

Old Junction hut, Bains Conservation Area, Umbrella Mountains. Low resolution photo off cellphone!

Okaka huts, Hump track, October 2008.

Slip Flat hut, lower Greenstone Valley. Lovely old hut, well hidden and very hard to find!

Dynamo Red hut interior, Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve, Feb. 2012.

AA hut, Old Man Range, Kopuwai Conservation Area. Located near the Potters No.2 goldfield on the Waikaia Bush Road. (April 2015)

Old Grassy Flats, Styx valley Westland, circa 1969. A younger and hairier version of Euan (and yes, the shorts were quite fashionable at the time!).

Top hut, Ahuriri valley. (2 bunks).

Head hut, Carrick water race, Carrick Range, Central Otago 2012

McKinnon Pass Shelter, Milford Track, Fiordland National Park, 2010.

Port Craig schoolhouse, now a DOC hut, South Coast and Hump tracks, Fiordland National Park. Cosy wood stove, a real gem.

McKellar hut post makeover, Greenstone valley, Mount Aspiring National Park, May 2012.

Routeburn Flats hut, Routeburn track, Mount Aspiring National Park.

Jacks (Historic) hut, Arthurs Pass National Park.

North Arm hut, Rakiura track, Stewart Island.

Shamrock hut, Ahuriri valley.

Back Valley hut, Fiordland National Park.

Red hut, Ahuriri valley.

Interior, Erceg hut, Hopkins valley, April 2008.

Sunrise hut, Ruahine Forest Park, 2009. An old haunt in our Wellington days that has grown considerably (but not necessarily improved) over the years!