Te Wake Tops Hut
The place
Te Wake Tops Hut in the Hawke's Bay region, Puketitiri/Kuripapango area (Kaweka Forest Park tops, North Island, New Zealand), at 1301 m altitude, on the Kaweka Range summit. Continuous New Zealand Kaweka-Ruahine cluster (batches 240-386). Alpine DOC hut on the Kaweka summit (Te Wake, a Māori name + Kaweka Forest Park 587 km², established 1974, Ruahine-Kaweka Range, central North Island + Kaweka Range 1724 m Kaweka J summit + heritage of Ngāti Kahungunu (Māori iwi of Hawke's Bay-Wairarapa, 82,000 members, 2nd largest iwi in NZ + Ngāti Kahungunu Claims Settlement Act 1998 redress + reo Māori revival, Kahungunu iwi radio station established 1996, children's immersion + Battle of Ōrākau, 31 March-2 April 1864, Māori King Country, 300 vs 1400 UK troops, 160 dead, iconic "we will fight forever" refusal to surrender by Rewi Maniapoto + Waitangi Tribunal 1975 ancestral justice).
The setting
Hawke's Bay Puketitiri/Kuripapango Kaweka Forest Park tops NZ 1301 m Kaweka summit, continuous cluster batches 240-386, alpine DOC hut on Kaweka summit Te Wake Māori name + Kaweka FP 587 km² est. 1974 Ruahine-Kaweka central North Island + Kaweka Range 1724 m Kaweka J, Ngāti Kahungunu iwi 82,000 2nd largest iwi in NZ + Claims Settlement 1998 + reo revival Kahungunu radio 1996 immersion + Ōrākau 31 March-2 April 1864 300 vs 1400 UK troops 160 dead "we will fight forever" Rewi Maniapoto + Waitangi Tribunal 1975.
