This hut was reputedly done up by DoC and then claimed by the landowners in the early 90s.  If you get permission then the landowners are very friendly to trampers.  The road in the foreground is No Mans road.

The loneliest hut in the Ruahines and maybe the North Island!  The hut book goes back to 1969.  It's sited off the side of the rifhr way up north past the private land in the Ruahines. Sleeps: Two Heating: No Camping: A limited amount

Ikawatea Forks is a remote hut!  Its sits at the forks of Ikawatea stream and Apias Creek in the northern Ruahines.  Its Whio territory. Sleeps: Six Heating: Open fire Camping: Not much, the clearing was blasted from the bush

A comfortable hut in a stunning location.  Lake Colenso is well worth a visit and the tramping around here is superb. Sleeps: Around 10 on platforms Heating: Corker cooker Camping:  You will be able to find some in the general vicinity.

Maropea Forks is in a stunning location and this central part of the range offers some of the finest tramping in the North Island. Sleeps: Six Heating: Corker cooker Camping: Yes, the Maropea is a superb camping valley

This hut has now burned down and been replaced.  It was a large hut, half of which was locked at the end of Table Flat road in the Orua catchment.  A great friday night destination only 20min from a safe carpark, with some neat tramping on the Ngamoko range.

Iron Gates is the next hut up the Orua from Heritage Lodge.  Sleeps: Six Heating: Corker cooker Camping: Yes the Orua is a good camping valley

Longview is just up the hill from Moorcock saddle.  A fit person should be up there in an hour or less.  Great views of the Central Hawkes Bay, but the wind can be pretty strong round here too. Sleeps: About 12 or 14 on two platforms Heating: Gas on tap Camping: No

Leon Kinvig was a deer culler who drowned in the Pohangina in the 1960s.  The hut named after him is superb, and this branch of the Pohangina is a superb summer trip. Sleeps: 10 on two platforms Heating: Open fire Camping: A small amount near the hut.

A gem of a four-bunker in the lower Mangatera. Sleeps: Four Heating: Open fire Camping: Yes, good camping around the hut