Orange Hut
The place
Orange Hut in the Wellington region, Featherston/Martinborough area (southern Tararua Forest Park, North Island, New Zealand), at 224 m elevation, southern foothills of the Tararua Range. Continuous cluster New Zealand Tararua-Wairarapa (batches 240-371). Privately owned tramping club hut (Orange name from historic orange paint color + Tararua Forest Park 1163 km² 1954 southern North Island range 2000-3200 m + Lake Wairarapa large iconic estuary 78 km² + Cook Strait ferry connection 3 km + heritage of the Muaūpoko/Ngāti Kahungunu (Māori iwi Wairarapa Kāpiti + Kahungunu 2nd largest iwi in NZ 82,000 Hawke's Bay-Wairarapa + Te Rauparaha 1820 invasion Musket Wars Muaūpoko decimation + Hawke's Bay colonisation 1848 Waitangi Tribunal Ngāti Kahungunu Claims 1998).
The setting
Wellington Featherston/Martinborough Tararua Forest Park southern North Island NZ 224 m southern Tararua foothills, continuous cluster batches 240-371, private tramping club hut Orange historic paint + Tararua FP 1163 km² 1954 2000-3200 m + Lake Wairarapa 78 km² + Cook Strait ferry 3 km, Muaūpoko/Ngāti Kahungunu Wairarapa Kāpiti + Kahungunu 2nd iwi NZ 82,000 Hawke's Bay + Te Rauparaha 1820 Musket Wars Muaūpoko decimation + Hawke's Bay 1848 Waitangi Ngāti Kahungunu Claims 1998.
