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Zekes Hut is a four-bunk hut in Hihitahi Forest Sanctuary . Photo: Hazel Phillips

Zekes Hut, Hihitahi Forest Sanctuary

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Hazel Phillips

Hazel Phillips is an alpine adventurer and the author of Fire & Ice, Solo, and Great Hearts.

By Hazel Phillips

A small hut in one of only a few ‘forest sanctuary’ areas in New Zealand.

There are few ‘forest sanctuaries’ and those that exist have often been designated due to conservation activism. A trip into Zekes Hut takes in the Hihitahi Forest Sanctuary, between Waiouru and Taihape. Park on the eastern side of SH1 where a DOC sign stands. There’s room only for a few cars and be careful not […]

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Hazel Phillips

Hazel Phillips is an alpine adventurer and the author of Fire & Ice, Solo, and Great Hearts. A firm believer that ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’, she’s passionate about representation in the outdoors. She is a self-confessed Ruapehu addict, and she’s never met a topo map she didn’t get along with.