Comet Hut
Manawatu-Wanganui · Nouvelle-Zélande0 mUnguardedVerified listing
The place
Comet Hut in Ruahine Forest Park, Waipawa/Ongaonga sector (Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand), at 855 m altitude, on the eastern slope of the Ruahine Range. Part of a continuous Ruahine NZ cluster (batches 231-311, ~10 entries). A historic trampers' hut ("Comet" being a personal or astronomical nickname), in an area of Nothofagus beech forest. Heritage of Ngāti Kahungunu (the 2nd-largest Māori iwi, 82,000 people) and of the Napier sealers (European sealers who settled the area in the 1830s).
Off-season beds
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The setting
Ruahine FP, Waipawa/Ongaonga, Hawke's Bay, NZ, 855 m, eastern slope, continuous cluster batches 231-311 ~10 entries, "Comet" nickname, Nothofagus, Ngāti Kahungunu 2nd-largest iwi 82,000, European sealers 1830s Napier.
