Garden Gully Hut
The place
Garden Gully Hut in the West Coast region, Reefton/Blackball area (Paparoa National Park, Croesus Track, South Island, New Zealand), at 611 m altitude, on the Paparoa Range. Continuous cluster New Zealand West Coast (batches 240-382). DOC/West Coast hut with mining history (Garden Gully, gold-bearing valley of the West Coast Gold Rush 1864-1867, 30,000 miners, Hokitika boomtown + Paparoa NP 306 km² 1987 + Croesus Track/Paparoa Track 55 km 3-day Great Walk 2019, new Great Walk built for NZ following the Pike River mine explosion on 19 November 2010, 29 dead + Reefton "city of miners" 1892, first electrification in NZ + heritage of the Ngāti Waewae (Māori iwi of Ngāi Tahu, West Coast, ancestral pounamu/jade monopoly + Ngāti Waewae Claims Settlement 2014, Waitangi Tribunal + Pike River Coal 2010 tragedy, 29 dead, industry closed, safety debate West Coast).
The setting
West Coast Reefton/Blackball Paparoa NP Croesus Track South Island NZ 611 m Paparoa Range, continuous cluster batches 240-382, DOC/West Coast mining hut Garden Gully gold-bearing West Coast Gold Rush 1864-1867 30,000 Hokitika + Paparoa NP 306 km² 1987 + Croesus/Paparoa Track 55 km 3 days Great Walk 2019 post-Pike River 19 Nov 2010 29 dead + Reefton 1892 1st electrification NZ, Ngāti Waewae Ngāi Tahu West Coast pounamu jade + Settlement 2014 Waitangi + Pike River 2010 29 dead closed safety debate.
