Rosa Hut
The place
Rosa Hut in the Canterbury region, Springfield/Cass sector (Craigieburn Forest Park, South Island, New Zealand), at 664 m elevation, Craigieburn Range. Part of the continuous New Zealand Canterbury cluster (batches 240-372). A classic alpine DOC hut (Rosa, a flower name or pioneer's first name + Craigieburn Forest Park 447 km² 1953, eastern Southern Alps + Craigieburn Skifields, 4 club/commercial fields + Cass University Field Station 1932, iconic botanical research + Southern Alps 500 km, NZ's highest mountain chain + heritage of Ngāi Tahu (South Island Māori iwi, 60,000, Māori language, Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement 1998 NZ$170M, 40% of southern commercial fisheries + co-management of Aoraki 1998, precedent for Te Urewera 2014).
The setting
Canterbury Springfield/Cass Craigieburn Forest Park South Island NZ 664 m Craigieburn Range, continuous cluster batches 240-372, classic alpine DOC hut Rosa flower/first name + Craigieburn FP 447 km² 1953 eastern Southern Alps + Craigieburn Skifields 4 fields + Cass FS 1932 botanical research + Southern Alps 500 km, Ngāi Tahu South Island 60,000 Settlement 1998 NZ$170M 40% of fisheries + Aoraki 1998 Te Urewera 2014.
