Acland Shelter
The place
Acland Shelter in the Canterbury region, Mount Somers/Mt Sunday area (Hakatere/Ashburton Lakes Southern Alps front, South Island, New Zealand), at 910 m elevation, on the Mount Somers slope. Continuous New Zealand Canterbury cluster (batches 260-406). DOC shelter on the Mount Somers Track dedicated to the pioneering Acland family (Acland iconic NZ pastoral family founded Mt Peel Station 1855 iconic 4th generation + Mount Somers 1690 m + Mt Sunday 1200 m LOTR Edoras Rohan filming location iconic + Hakatere Ashburton Lakes conservation park + Mount Somers Track 22 km 2-day classic + heritage of the Kāi Tahu Ngāi Tahu (South Island Māori iwi 60,000 Māori language Kāi Tahu dialect + pounamu greenstone taonga Arahura River Westland iconic + Treaty of Waitangi 6 February 1840 + iconic heritage of the Canterbury sheep station Mount Peel Acland 1855 6000 ha iconic vertical sheep farming + iconic heritage of LOTR Edoras Rohan Peter Jackson 2001-2003 Mt Sunday Ashburton iconic + iconic heritage of Merino sheep Canterbury Plains 27 M sheep NZ + Icebreaker 1995 Auckland Jeremy Moon merino iconic + Fonterra 2001 dairy co-op largest in the world by exports iconic + iconic heritage of the Christchurch earthquake 22 February 2011 M 6.3 185 dead iconic).
The setting
Canterbury Mount Somers/Mt Sunday Hakatere/Ashburton Lakes Southern Alps front South Island NZ 910 m Mount Somers slope, continuous cluster batches 260-406, DOC shelter Mount Somers Track dedicated to pioneering Acland family + Acland Mt Peel Station 1855 iconic 4th gen + Mount Somers 1690 m + Mt Sunday 1200 m LOTR Edoras Rohan filming location iconic + Hakatere Ashburton Lakes conservation + Mount Somers Track 22 km 2-day classic, Kāi Tahu/Ngāi Tahu South Island 60,000 Māori Kāi Tahu + pounamu Arahura Westland iconic + Waitangi 6 Feb 1840 + Mount Peel Acland 1855 6000 ha iconic vertical sheep farming + LOTR Edoras Rohan Jackson 2001-2003 Mt Sunday Ashburton iconic + Merino Plains 27 M sheep NZ + Icebreaker 1995 Moon merino + Fonterra 2001 dairy co-op largest in the world iconic + Christchurch earthquake 22 Feb 2011 M 6.3 185 dead iconic.
