Three stone huts to rest your weary head There’s something solid and reassuring about a stone hut. Something that says the person who built it, meant it to last. The quality of the craftsmanship in many stone huts means they’ve survived decades of rough use, poor weather and even avalanches or earthquakes. Indeed, New Zealand’s […]
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