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Hut Life: Pinnacles Hut, Coromandel Forest Park

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June 2016

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By Meghan Walker

Wilderness takes you to the largest hut in New Zealand, the Pinnacles Hut in the Coromandel Forest Park. We spent one night in the 80-bunk lodge, chatting to trampers and the hut warden, Pete Hall.

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