New $3.4m hut opening on Milford Track

May 2021

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The new Mintaro Hut is in a better location that receives more sun. Photo: Shane Hatwell/DOC
A new $3.4m hut on the Milford Track has replaced the 30-year-old Mintaro Hut which is closing due to earthquake risk. The 40-bunk hut is the second hut trampers encounter on the track, just before McKinnon Pass. DOC’s Southern South Island operations director Aaron Fleming said the new hut is about 2km from the existing […]

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