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Mead Hut

Canterbury · Nouvelle-Zélande0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Mead Hut on Molesworth Station (NZ's largest pastoral station at 180,000 ha), Kaikōura/Blenheim area (Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand), at 322 m altitude. Continuous Marlborough Molesworth cluster (batches 246-317, ~12 listings). Musterers' cabin jointly managed by DOC/Landcorp, Chionochloa tussock zone, heritage of the Wemyss and Molesworth station run-holders from the 1850s onward (William Todd and Alexander McRae's initial acquisition in 1849).

Off-season beds
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The setting

Molesworth 180,000 ha Kaikōura/Blenheim Marlborough NZ 322 m, continuous cluster batches 246-317 ~12 listings, musterers DOC/Landcorp, Chionochloa tussock, Wemyss/Molesworth 1850s+ Todd/McRae 1849.