Sixteen Mile Huts
The place
Sixteen Mile Huts in the Otago region, Wanaka/Cardrona area (Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand), at 678 m elevation, Pisa Range 1963 m slope. Continuous Central Otago cluster (batches 200-353). Historic musterers' or gold-diggers' cabins ("Sixteen Mile" toponym: mile 16 from the Wanaka Old Coach Road mule track, 1860s original route), area of red tussock Chionochloa rubra + schist tussock Chionochloa rigida high-country tussock + neighbouring Rock and Pillar, Kāi Tahu heritage (iwi Ngāi Tahu South Island 60,000 pounamu jade greenstone Arahura Claims Settlement Act 1998 exclusive monopoly) and the Otago Gold Rush 1861-64 (200,000 prospectors, 40% Chinese, ghost towns St Bathans Naseby Ophir).
The setting
Otago Wanaka/Cardrona Central Otago NZ 678 m Pisa Range 1963 m, continuous cluster batches 200-353, musterers/gold-diggers Sixteen Mile mile 16 Wanaka Old Coach Road 1860s, Chionochloa rubra/rigida schist tussock high country + neighbouring Rock and Pillar, Kāi Tahu Ngāi Tahu South Island 60,000 pounamu jade Arahura Claims 1998 exclusive monopoly, Otago Gold Rush 1861-64 200,000 40% Chinese ghost towns St Bathans/Naseby/Ophir.
