Tin Shelter Hut
The place
Tin Shelter Hut in the Nelson-Tasman region, Nelson/Motueka sector (interior Kahurangi National Park, South Island, New Zealand), at 859 m altitude, Arthur Range. Continuous New Zealand Kahurangi cluster (batches 240-377). Basic historic tin DOC hut (Tin Shelter, a typical NZ hut style from the 1930s-1960s, FS/DOC, ancient miners/dogs, gold prospecting from 1857 on the West Coast + Kahurangi NP 4520 km², NZ's 2nd largest NP, established 1996 + Heaphy Track 78.4 km Great Walk + heritage of the Ngāti Waewae/Ngāti Rārua (Māori iwi, Ngāi Tahu, northern Kahurangi, 5000 + Ngāti Rārua Claims Settlement 2014 + pounamu/jade, Ngāi Tahu's ancestral monopoly on the West Coast + the 1843 Wairau Affray, Rangitāne, Ngāti Toa/Ngāti Rārua, 22 British killed versus settlers, Warehip Blenheim land politics).
The setting
Nelson-Tasman, Nelson/Motueka, interior Kahurangi NP, South Island NZ, 859 m, Arthur Range, continuous cluster batches 240-377, basic historic tin DOC hut, Tin Shelter typical NZ 1930s-1960s FS/DOC, miners/gold 1857 West Coast + Kahurangi NP 4520 km² NZ's 2nd largest, established 1996 + Heaphy 78.4 km Great Walk, Ngāti Waewae/Ngāti Rārua Ngāi Tahu northern Kahurangi 5000 + Rārua Settlement 2014 + pounamu/jade Ngāi Tahu monopoly West Coast + Wairau 1843 Rangitāne Ngāti Toa/Rārua 22 British killed settlers Warehip Blenheim land.
