Totara Flats Hut and the swingbridge over the Waiohine River. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

Riverside retreat

February 2018

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Totara Flats Hut, Tararua Forest Park

In late summer, the grassy expanses of Totara Flats become a sun-baked golden brown, with the small totara copses offering shady lunch spots or sheltered camping. Several huts have graced these pleasant river terraces beside the mighty Waiohine River. The present hut, a large and comfortable one built by DOC in 2003, occupies a terrace […]
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