Refuge

Upper Mohaka Hut

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The place

Upper Mohaka Hut in Kaimanawa Forest Park, Taupō/Turangi area (Central North Island, New Zealand), at 570 m altitude, at the source of the Mohaka. Continuous Kaimanawa cluster (batches 297-328). DOC hut on the Mohaka River (a Class IV-V kayaking river, sacred to Ngāti Kahungunu), an area of beech forest and Kaimanawa Wild Horses (~300, a feral population protected since 2012 after the controversial cull of the 1990s).

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The setting

Kaimanawa FP Taupō/Turangi Central North NZ 570 m Mohaka source, continuous cluster batches 297-328, DOC Mohaka kayaking IV-V sacred Ngāti Kahungunu, beech forest, Kaimanawa Wild Horses ~300 protected 2012 1990s cull.