Ramshead Hut
The place
Ramshead Hut in the Marlborough region, Rainbow/St James sector (Nelson Lakes Molesworth Rainbow Station, South Island, New Zealand), at 257 m altitude, on the flank of the Kaikoura Range. Continuous cluster New Zealand Marlborough Molesworth (batches 260-398). Historic musterer's hut on a merino sheep station (Molesworth Station 1,806 km², largest farm in New Zealand, 1866 Crown Pastoral Lease, 8,000-10,000 head of cattle + adjacent Rainbow Station + Kaikoura Range 2,610 m Tapuae-o-Uenuku, iconic peak + Wellington-Christchurch inter-island route + heritage of the Ngāi Tahu (South Island Māori iwi, 60,000, Kāi Tahu dialect of Māori + Treaty of Waitangi signed by Ngāi Tahu 6 February 1840 + Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998, NZ$170 million + iconic New Zealand merino sheep heritage, 27 million sheep, 5 million inhabitants, 5:1 ratio, a world record + Icebreaker 1995 Auckland, Jeremy Moon, iconic merino brand + Fonterra 2001 dairy cooperative, the world's largest, for export + heritage of the Kaikoura earthquake 14 November 2016, M 7.8, SH-1 State Highway ferry destroyed + heritage of the Christchurch earthquake 22 February 2011, M 6.3, 185 dead).
The setting
Marlborough Rainbow/St James Nelson Lakes Molesworth Rainbow Station South Island NZ 257 m flank of Kaikoura Range, continuous cluster batches 260-398, musterer's hut merino sheep station + Molesworth 1,806 km² largest farm in world 1866 CPL 8,000-10,000 cattle + Rainbow + Kaikoura 2,610 m Tapuae-o-Uenuku iconic + WLG-CHC inter-island route, Ngāi Tahu South Island 60,000 Māori Kāi Tahu + Waitangi 6 Feb 1840 + Ngāi Tahu Settlement 1998 NZ$170 million + Merino 27 million sheep 5 million inhabitants 5:1 world record + Icebreaker 1995 Moon merino + Fonterra 2001 dairy cooperative + Kaikoura earthquake 14 Nov 2016 M 7.8 SH-1 ferry + Christchurch earthquake 22 Feb 2011 M 6.3 185 dead.
