Pleasant Gully Hut
The place
Pleasant Gully Hut in the Canterbury region, Ashburton/Methven area (Mount Somers Ashburton Lakes, South Island, New Zealand), at 412 m elevation, Two Thumb Range slope. Continuous New Zealand Canterbury cluster (batches 240-382). Private mustering-club hut (Pleasant Gully, a small pleasant valley, a typical NZ back-country name + Mount Somers, 1,687 m + Two Thumb Range Canterbury foothills + Ashburton Lakes, 4 iconic lakes: Heron/Camp/Emma + heritage of the Rangitata/Ashburton rivers, braided rivers, a landscape unique to NZ, gravelly braids over pairs of 100 km + heritage of the Ngāi Tahu (South Island Māori iwi, 60,000 people, Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement 1998, NZD $170 million, 40% of southern commercial fisheries + Aoraki 1998 precedent, Te Urewera 2014 + Kekeno, New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri, endemic + Kea, Nestor notabilis, the world's only alpine parrot).
The setting
Canterbury Ashburton/Methven Mount Somers Ashburton Lakes South Island NZ 412 m Two Thumb Range, continuous cluster batches 240-382, private mustering-club hut Pleasant Gully typical NZ name + Mount Somers 1,687 m + Two Thumb Range foothills + Ashburton Lakes 4 iconic Heron/Camp/Emma + Rangitata/Ashburton braided rivers unique NZ landscape 100 km braids, Ngāi Tahu South Island 60,000 Settlement 1998 NZD $170 million 40% + Aoraki 1998 Te Urewera 2014 + Kekeno Arctocephalus forsteri + Kea Nestor notabilis world's only alpine parrot.
