Briens Hut
Hawke's Bay · Nouvelle-Zélande0 mUnguardedVerified listing
The place
Briens Hut in Ruahine Forest Park, Waipawa/Norsewood area (Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand), at 584 m elevation. Continuous Ruahine NZ cluster (batches 231-317). Historic trampers' hut (Irish surname O'Brien/Briens common in NZ following the 1845-52 famine immigration, An Gorta Mór, 1 M dead + 1 M emigrated IE), Nothofagus beech zone. Ngāti Kahungunu heritage (2nd largest iwi, 82,000).
Off-season beds
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The setting
Ruahine FP Waipawa/Norsewood Hawke's Bay NZ 584 m, continuous cluster batches 231-317, Briens Irish An Gorta Mór 1845-52 1 M dead + 1 M emigrated IE, Nothofagus, Ngāti Kahungunu 2nd largest iwi 82,000.
