• The hut weka. The original NZFS S70 hut was extended and renovated. | Mokihinui Forks Hut, Mohikinui Forks Ecological Area
  • The interior is hardly recognisable from its NZFS origins. | Mokihinui Forks Hut, Mohikinui Forks Ecological Area
  • Just your standard, totally renovated and extended, ex-NZFS S70 hut. | Mokihinui Forks Hut, Mohikinui Ecological Area
  • 8 sleeping spaces here, 2 in the porch. | Mokihinui Forks Hut, Mohikinui Forks Ecological Area

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Mokihinui Forks Hut | Kahurangi National Park

Mokihinui Forks Hut is located on a river terrace overlooking a grassy expanse near the junction of the two Mokihinui River branches. It was made famous by the removal of an enormous “500-year-old” kahikatea tree immediately outside the hut when the Old Ghost Road was constructed.

It had been incorporated into the Old Ghost Road system but is now back to DOC administration and free to stay.

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category . . . basic

hut fee . . . free

booking . . . not required. First come, gets the best bunk

elevation . . . 135 m

bunks . . . 8 in main room, two in entrance, 10 mattresses total

built . . . original NZFS SF 70 hut built in 1963, extended and renovated by DOC in 2012

heating . . . woodburner, firewood supplied

water . . . tap above sink, from the rainwater tank

toilet . . . longdrop