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Severn Hut, Molesworth Recreation Reserve

Tucked into the back of inland Marlborough is a relatively unknown tramping circuit, the Three Passes of the north. It’s a 56km route on Molesworth Station, which was once…

Distance
56km
Time
4–6 days. Bottom Gordons Hut to Top Gordon Hut, 2–3hr; to Saxton Hut, 7–9hr; to Severn Hut, 7–9hr; to Top Leatham Hut, 6–7hr; to Bottom Gordon Hut, 3–4hr
Grade
Moderate/Difficult

Pahautea Hut via Ruapane, Pirongia Forest Park

From the Grey Road car park, the Mangakara Nature Walk leads through a gorgeous old-growth forest with many interpretive panels pointing out a selection of flora, including rimu, tawa…

Distance
10.1km
Time
6hr to hut
Grade
Moderate

Lake Rotoiti circuit, Nelson Lakes National Park

The track to Lakehead Hut begins at Kerr Bay on the east side of the charming, bush-edged Lake Rotoiti. It starts off on the Bellbird Walk, a flat and…

Distance
19.3km
Time
Two days. Kerr Bay to Lakehead Hut, 3hr; to Coldwater Hut, 50min; to Mt Robert Road, 2–3hr
Grade
Easy

Waitewaewae Hut, Tararua Forest Park

The track to Waitewaewae begins at the old Ōtaki Gorge picnic site. Cars may be left at the temporary Blue Bluffs car park on Otaki Gorge Road, from where…

Distance
15.2km to hut
Time
Carpark to hut 5–7hr
Grade
Moderate