Saddle Hut
The place
Saddle Hut in the Otago region, Queenstown/Wanaka area (Central Otago Southern Alps, southern Otago, New Zealand), at 1667 m elevation, on an alpine pass. Continuous New Zealand Otago cluster (batches 200-375). Alpine DOC hut (Saddle, generic NZ backcountry alpine pass name + Otago, 30,023 km², southern region + Queenstown, 15,000 inhabitants, tourism boomtown + Lake Wanaka, 192 km², NZ's 4th-largest lake + Aoraki/Mount Cook, 3724 m, NZ's highest peak, officially named by Ngāi Tahu in 1998 + Kāi Tahu heritage (Ngāi Tahu iwi, South Island Māori, 60,000, Māori language since 1300 BCE + Treaty of Waitangi, 1840, Queen Victoria + Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998, NZ$170 M, 40% of southern commercial fisheries + Aoraki 1998 precedent for Te Urewera 2014).
The setting
Otago Queenstown/Wanaka Central Otago Southern Alps S Otago NZ 1667 m alpine pass, continuous cluster batches 200-375, alpine DOC hut Saddle backcountry pass + Otago 30,023 km² + Queenstown 15,000 tourism + Lake Wanaka 192 km² 4th-largest NZ + Aoraki 3724 m named by Ngāi Tahu 1998, Kāi Tahu Ngāi Tahu Māori S 60,000 since 1300 BCE + Waitangi 1840 + Settlement 1998 NZ$170 M 40% fisheries + Aoraki 1998 Te Urewera 2014.
