Stantley Burn Hut
The place
Stantley Burn Hut in the Southland region, Manapouri/Te Anau area (Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand), at 49 m altitude, inner Doubtful Sound fjord. Continuous New Zealand Fiordland cluster (batches 240-378). Boat-access-only DOC hut (Stantley Burn, an inner Fiordland stream + Fiordland NP, 12,500 km², 1952, New Zealand's largest national park + UNESCO 1990 Te Wāhipounamu, together with Aoraki/Westland + Doubtful Sound, a 40 km fjord with 400 m walls, an iconic site, 2nd most visited after Milford + Milford Sound, New Zealand's most visited site, 800,000 tourists/year + heritage of the Ngāi Tahu (a South Island Māori iwi, 60,000 people, Māori language, Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement 1998, $170 million NZD, 40% of fisheries + Aoraki, 1998 co-management arrangement, a precedent for Te Urewera 2014 + Kekeno, the New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri, endemic + Kea, Nestor notabilis, an alpine parrot unique in the world.
The setting
Southland, Manapouri/Te Anau, Fiordland NP, South Island, NZ, 49 m, inner Doubtful Sound fjord, continuous cluster batches 240-378, boat-access DOC hut, Stantley Burn, inner Fiordland + Fiordland NP 12,500 km², 1952, largest in NZ + UNESCO 1990 Te Wāhipounamu + Doubtful Sound 40 km fjord, 400 m walls, 2nd most visited + Milford Sound, NZ's most visited, 800,000 tourists/year, Ngāi Tahu, South Island, 60,000, Settlement 1998, $170 million, 40% + Aoraki 1998, Te Urewera 2014 + Kekeno Arctocephalus forsteri + Kea Nestor notabilis, unique alpine parrot in the world.
