Otupakawa Hut via Koaunui Hut, Te Urewera

April 2017

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April 2017

Otupakawa Hut. Photo: Phillip Donnell
Nurturing the mauri In 2013, the Te Urewera Act gave the former Te Urewera National Park ‘all the rights, powers, duties, and liabilities of a legal person’. A joint board was established to serve as ‘guardians’ of Te Urewera and to protect its interests. Physically, the land is characterised by ridge after ridge of bush-clad […]
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