Links and References

Links

• DOC's website: www.doc.govt.nz

• The Facebook page for the Mt. Brown Hut Project: www.facebook.com/pages/Lake-Kaniere-New-Zealand/Mt-Brown-hut/349616583077 and www.flickr.com/photos/mtbrownhut/.

• The Canterbury Mountaineering Club website: www.cmc.net.nz

• Frank King of Christchurch has a Tramping Blog that includes some of the huts on this website: tramping.typepad.com.

• A comprehensive website with more general coverage of Huts and tracks around the country (including a few of the huts on the remote Huts site) is The New Zealand Tramper Website: www.tramper.co.nz.

• There is an excellent website for the Arthur's Pass National Park area: www.softrock.co.nz has webcams, a gallery of photos of every hut in the Park, and weather, climbing, hut, bridge and track info. The site's SAR (Search And Rescue) reports are interesting reading.

• The Palmerston North Tramping and Mountaineering Club's Website covers Huts in the Ruahines, Tararuas, and more: www.pntmc.org.nz

• The Victoria University Tramping Club's Website's Tararua Hut page: www.vuwtc.org.nz

• The website for Big Hut on the Rock and Pillar Range in Otago, another DOC-planned removal that didn't take place due to community action: www.middlemarch.co.nz

• For those interested in the Waverly/ Waitotara area of the Whanganui National Park. www.waitotara.co.nz

• For radio back-up while in the hills, contact the Canterbury Mountain Radio Service: www.mountainradio.co.nz

• The NZ Deercullers' site has a great gallery of old hut and high-country photos that includes the Website area: www.nzdeercullers.org.nz

• For those with more of a hunting focus, try: www.mountainman.co.nz

• For those of a more masochistic nature, try: www.freewebs.com/hellmission

• For those interested in biodiversity and have a few photos they want posted, try: www.nhc.net.nz/index/links/links.htm

Relevant Publications

• Tramping in the Southern Alps (Arthurs Pass to Mt. Cook): Sven Brabyn: This guide covers many of the huts and routes on the site.
• South Island Weekend Tramps: Nick Groves: A few of the huts on this site are included in this collection of trips.
• Bushcraft: A Publication by the new Zealand Mountain Safety Council. Essential reading for aspiring remote hutters.
• Classic Tramps (Revised Edition): Shaun Barnett: The Frews Toaroha circuit has been added to the revised edition of this guide.

Contact

The contact for this Website for feedback, or hut and track updates is andrew@uchc.org.nz

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Online Group

"Permolat" is an online group of people interested and/ or actively involved in remote hut and track preservation and maintenance. It is a forum for discussion, information sharing and project and trip planning. If you want to join and contribute, contact Andrew Buglass.

If you are already a member of Permolat you can view the message archive or you can post to the group by sending a message to permolat@remotehuts.co.nz (NOTE: only Permolat members can post to the group).