Lock Hut
The place
Lock Hut in the Wellington region, Waikanae/Featherston area (northern Tararua Forest Park, North Island, New Zealand), at 187 m altitude, northern foothills of the Tararua Range. Continuous New Zealand Tararua cluster (batches 240-376). Traditional private tramping-club hut (Lock, a historic name + Tararua Forest Park 1163 km², established 1954, southern North Island range 2000-3200 m + Southern Crossing Kāpiti-Wellington + Tararua the largest forest park in the North Island + heritage of the Muaūpoko/Ngāti Toa (Māori iwi of Kāpiti-Wellington, 5,000 Muaūpoko + Ngāti Toa Rangatira 8,000, Te Rauparaha 1770-1849, the Waitangi 1840 Napoleon + Kāpiti Island nature reserve, historic Ngāti Toa clan + Ngāti Toa Claims Settlement 2014, heritage co-managed under the Waitangi Tribunal).
The setting
Wellington Waikanae/Featherston Tararua Forest Park N North Island NZ 187 m N foothills Tararua, continuous cluster batches 240-376, private tramping-club hut Lock + Tararua FP 1163 km² 1954 2000-3200 m + Southern Crossing Kāpiti-Wellington + largest forest park North Island, Muaūpoko/Ngāti Toa Kāpiti-Wellington 5,000 Muaūpoko + Ngāti Toa Rangatira 8,000 Te Rauparaha 1770-1849 Waitangi 1840 Napoleon + Kāpiti Island reserve historic Ngāti Toa + Settlement 2014 Waitangi.
