Aokaparangi Biv.  Situated at the bushedge on the eastern side of Aokaparangi Sleeps: 2 on comfortable wooden bunks, and there is comfortable room for 2 on the floor. Heating: None, but it is double glazed. Camping: Some tops camping nearby (lots of long tussock).

Mid King biv has been repainted and refurnished with two new mattresses.  Very comfy looking!

Sparrowhawk biv is a quirky combination of a dog box and a standup joined together - with no bunks in the standup part.  It sits just above the bushline on the eastern side of the main range.  On this rather chilly night 8 people fitted inside (note our packs didn't!). Sleeps:  8.  Well we did it - actually it would be better ...

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

This biv may have been removed.  It sat on the true left of the Pohangina, and was best reached by dropping off Takapari road.  Crossing the Pohangina near here wasn't all that easy.  As the photo suggests it was rather rustic. Sleeps: Two/three Heating: No Camping: No

Rockslide is a lonely biv in Apias Creek.  The porch on the front doubles the capacity.  There's heaps of Whio in the creek. Sleeps: Four or five Heating: None Camping: Yes, there is a rocky river flat in front of the biv

This is a private biv in Apias Creek.  It wasn't flash.

See if you can find it next time you're in the Waikamaka

Toka is another lonely Ruahine biv.  The hut book goes back to the 1970s, and there were 20 years between VUWTC visits when we popped in.  It sits on the edge of a bog and is surrounded by leatherwood.  The steep spur down is a botanists delight with caniverous plants in the tussock. Sleeps: Two or three Heating: No Camping: Not ...

This ''biv'' which is the size of a hut is tucked up in the upper Pohangina and doesn't get a lot of traffic. Sleeps: Two on bunks, but there's a lot more room on the concrete floor. Heating: Open fire Camping: There is some around the hut and more downstream.