Poplar Hut
The place
Poplar Hut in the Otago region, Dunedin/Otago Peninsula sector (southeastern Otago, Otago, New Zealand), at 275 m altitude, Otago coastal plateau. Continuous cluster New Zealand Otago (batches 200-378). Private tramping-club hut (Poplar, Populus nigra, an iconic post-colonial New Zealand landscape feature on sheep stations + Otago, 30,023 km², a southern region + Dunedin, population 130,000, the "Edinburgh of the South" + University of Otago, founded 1869, New Zealand's oldest + heritage of the Kāi Tahu (Ngāi Tahu iwi, South Island Māori, 60,000, Māori language dating back to 1300 BC + Otakou marae, Otago Peninsula, historic 1848 West Coast sale under the Kemp's Deed, a still-controversial minimal payment + Otago Central goldrush 1861-1863, 6,000 gold diggers, boomtowns Cromwell/Clyde + Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement 1998, NZ$170 million, 40% fisheries).
The setting
Otago Dunedin/Otago Peninsula southeastern Otago NZ 275 m coastal plateau, continuous cluster batches 200-378, private tramping-club hut Poplar Populus nigra post-colonial sheep station landscapes + Otago 30,023 km² southern region + Dunedin 130,000 Edinburgh of the South + University of Otago 1869 NZ's oldest, Kāi Tahu Ngāi Tahu Māori South Island 60,000 since 1300 BC + Otakou marae Otago Peninsula 1848 Kemp's Deed West Coast controversy + Otago goldrush 1861-1863 6,000 gold diggers Cromwell/Clyde + Settlement 1998 NZ$170 million 40% fisheries.
