Percy Burn Hut
The place
Percy Burn Hut in Fiordland National Park, Tuatapere/Papatowai area (Southland, South Island, New Zealand), at 64 m of altitude, on the South Coast Track on Fiordland's far southern Pacific coast. Part of the continuous Fiordland cluster (batches 200-363). A DOC hut on the Percy Burn Viaduct (built 1923, the last wooden viaduct still in service in the world, 125 m long and 36 m high), plus the Waitutu forest tract of original virgin podocarp forest + Southland/Fiordland's 1.25 million ha, New Zealand's 3rd-largest national park after Kahurangi, Fiordland/Waitutu being the largest true wilderness in the world + Nothofagus solandri (red beech) + Fiordland tokoeka (Apteryx australis), an endemic kiwi + the heritage of Kāi Tahu (Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998, monopoly over Arahura jade/greenstone (pounamu) + Waitangi Tribunal historical recognition).
The setting
Fiordland NP Tuatapere/Papatowai Southland NZ 64 m South Coast Track far south Pacific coast Fiordland, continuous cluster batches 200-363, DOC Percy Burn Viaduct 1923 last wooden viaduct in world 125 m long 36 m + Waitutu virgin podocarp + Fiordland 1.25M ha NZ's 3rd NP largest true wilderness in world + Nothofagus solandri + Apteryx australis endemic tokoeka, Kāi Tahu Claims 1998 Arahura jade + Waitangi Tribunal.
