Kawhatau Base
Manawatu-Wanganui · Nouvelle-Zélande0 mUnguardedVerified listing
The place
Kawhatau Base in Ruahine Forest Park, Waiouru/Taihape area (Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand), at 699 m elevation. Continuous Central North Island NZ cluster (batches 231-301). Historic tramper/musterer base in the Ruahine range (a range of primary Nothofagus beech forest, "black beech"), heritage of the Ngāti Whatua-o-Kaipara (a Māori iwi of the Waikato) and of sheep farming since 1870s European settlers.
Off-season beds
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The setting
Ruahine FP Waiouru/Taihape Manawatū-Whanganui NZ 699 m, continuous cluster batches 231-301, trampers/musterers, Nothofagus black beech, Ngāti Whatua-o-Kaipara, sheep farming 1870s.