New Zealand: Hut Capital of the World

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Following is a list of all the articles comprising Hut2Hut’s Country Study of N.Z. huts.

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New Zealand: Hut Capital of the World
New Zealand, Hut operations, Architecture/design, Hut systems, Future of huts, Environmental Attitudes, Ecotourism, Economics of huts
New Zealand: Hut Capital of the World
New Zealand, Hut operations, Architecture/design, Hut systems, Future of huts, Environmental Attitudes, Ecotourism, Economics of huts

List with links to all posts concerning New Zealand Huts.

New Zealand, Hut operations, Architecture/design, Hut systems, Future of huts, Environmental Attitudes, Ecotourism, Economics of huts
New Zealand Country Study – Overview & Table of Contents
New Zealand, Hut operations, History, Books/resources, People, Trails, New Zealand hut systems, Economics of huts, Ecotourism
New Zealand Country Study – Overview & Table of Contents
New Zealand, Hut operations, History, Books/resources, People, Trails, New Zealand hut systems, Economics of huts, Ecotourism

24 articles summarizing the results of an in-depth study of many aspects of NZ huts. Includes historical and operational perspectives, observations on tramping, culture, reviews of key books, profiles of 9 key players, and more.

New Zealand, Hut operations, History, Books/resources, People, Trails, New Zealand hut systems, Economics of huts, Ecotourism
New Zealand Hut Heroes: Mick Abbott
Architecture/design, Education, Environmental Attitudes, Future of huts, New Zealand, People, Pilgrimage, Uncategorized
New Zealand Hut Heroes: Mick Abbott
Architecture/design, Education, Environmental Attitudes, Future of huts, New Zealand, People, Pilgrimage, Uncategorized

Profile of an inspiring landscape architect, futurist and hut nut who challenges folks to think imaginatively about the future of huts. this one of 10 “NZ hut heroes” included as part of my Country Study of huts in New Zealand.

Architecture/design, Education, Environmental Attitudes, Future of huts, New Zealand, People, Pilgrimage, Uncategorized
New Zealand Great Walks: tourism and policies
Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand, Trails
New Zealand Great Walks: tourism and policies
Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand, Trails
Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand, Trails
Shelter from the Storm: dream team, genesis and impact
Books/resources, Essays, History, New Zealand, People
Shelter from the Storm: dream team, genesis and impact
Books/resources, Essays, History, New Zealand, People

Background on the writing of one of the best books ever written about huts: Shelter from the Storm, by Shaun Barnett, Rob Brown, and Geoff Spearpoint. How the book came to be written, the authors, and the profound impact the book has had on the appreciation of huts in New Zealand.

Books/resources, Essays, History, New Zealand, People
Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand
Hut Principles: New Zealand Department of Conservation
Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand
Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand
Challenges and opportunities for NZ and its huts: observations and questions
Environmental impacts, Environmental mitigations, Future of huts, Hut systems, New Zealand
Challenges and opportunities for NZ and its huts: observations and questions
Environmental impacts, Environmental mitigations, Future of huts, Hut systems, New Zealand

Eight questions about the future of huts in New Zealand.

Environmental impacts, Environmental mitigations, Future of huts, Hut systems, New Zealand
New Zealand Huts Country Study: introduction
Case study, History, Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand, People
New Zealand Huts Country Study: introduction
Case study, History, Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand, People

The purpose of this series of web posts is to provide a substantive overview of the world’s largest hut system. Specifically, the aim is to provide — in one place, free of charge — a sense of the origins, purposes, operations, unique features, challenges, people who care about, and cultural meanings of this amazing, collectively owned system of approximately 962 huts. The hope is to create an efficient point of entry to serious study of NZ huts, with pointers for digging deeper.

Case study, History, Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand, People
Shaun Barnett: New Zealand Hut Hero
New Zealand, People, Books/resources
Shaun Barnett: New Zealand Hut Hero
New Zealand, People, Books/resources

Profile of a leading photographer, tramper, writer and advocate. By far my best idea when planning a three month study tour of New Zealand huts was to read Shelter from the Storm and contact the authors. All three members of this Dream Team (Rob Brown, Robbie Burton, Geoff Spearpoint) were helpful, but Shaun’s thoughtful and generous email exchanges were spot-on in guiding me on who to talk with and where to go (i.e. what huts to visit!).

New Zealand, People, Books/resources
A rough history of bach legalities
Essays, New Zealand
A rough history of bach legalities
Essays, New Zealand
Essays, New Zealand
New Zealand Backcountry Trust
Hut operations, Hut syste, New Zealand
New Zealand Backcountry Trust
Hut operations, Hut syste, New Zealand

An amazing pubic/private partnership, the Backcountry Trust (BCT). BCT is one of the most exciting hut-related initiatives in NZ. It represents the kind of cultural and governmental convergence of ideas, energies, needs and solutions that will help to carry the rich heritage of DoC huts into future generations.

Hut operations, Hut syste, New Zealand
New Zealand Hut Heroes: Paul Kilgour: story and video
New Zealand, People
New Zealand Hut Heroes: Paul Kilgour: story and video
New Zealand, People

Profile of Paul Kilgour, a kindly, energetic and intelligently man. He has tramped incessantly for years, and in 2004 he retraced on maps all the walks he could remember and made a notebook listing huts he had stayed in and those he “had cast a shadow on”. After his 2007/08 “long walk home” the number jumped considerably. He is still keeping a record in his neatly kept notebooks. When we looked in March 2018, he was up to 1,174 huts total.

New Zealand, People
New Zealand Hut Heroes: John Taylor, master of hut restoration
Architecture/design, New Zealand, People
New Zealand Hut Heroes: John Taylor, master of hut restoration
Architecture/design, New Zealand, People

Profile of John Taylor, an amazing DOC engineer and hut restoration expert who has contributed enormously to the maintenance building and conservation of NZ huts. Notes on his mentor Max Polgaze, whose hut building and restoration work is legendary. Lots of great photos shared by John.

Architecture/design, New Zealand, People
New Zealand Hut Operations: Notes on ten selected DoC hut operations
Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand
New Zealand Hut Operations: Notes on ten selected DoC hut operations
Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand

Notes on ten selected operational issues, with links to NZ DOC manuals, standards and other documents. INcludes track (trail) extent, maintenance and building; waste and gray water management; logbooks; historic huts and conservation; citizen action to maintain huts; and reservations system.

Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand
Cross-cultural Comparisons of Huts: methodological notes
Case study, Environmental Attitudes, Environmental impacts, Environmental mitigations, Essays, Hut systems, New Zealand
Cross-cultural Comparisons of Huts: methodological notes
Case study, Environmental Attitudes, Environmental impacts, Environmental mitigations, Essays, Hut systems, New Zealand

Thoughts and questions, using NZ as an example, about what questions to ask and how to develop a more intentional method of using cross-cultural comparison as a lens for studying and comparing hut systems internationally.

Case study, Environmental Attitudes, Environmental impacts, Environmental mitigations, Essays, Hut systems, New Zealand
New Zealand Huts: unique features and loose ends
New Zealand
New Zealand Huts: unique features and loose ends
New Zealand

Notes on topics I’d hoped to learn and write more fully about, which are place-holders/reminders to spur further inquiry on interesting topics, by myself or, I hope, by others.

New Zealand
Hut Economics: what does it cost to operate the NZ DoC Hut System?
Economics of huts, Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand
Hut Economics: what does it cost to operate the NZ DoC Hut System?
Economics of huts, Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand
Economics of huts, Hut operations, Hut systems, New Zealand
Brian Dobbie: New Zealand Hut Hero
New Zealand, People
Brian Dobbie: New Zealand Hut Hero
New Zealand, People

Profile of my liaison to DOC when spending three months in NZ. Brian is an exemplary public servant who has quietly served his fellow Kiwi’s by helping to steer the modern development of their remarkable national hut system. This brief profile attempts to put a face to the name by sketching in some background about a person who works quietly behind the scenes to maintain access to the bush.

New Zealand, People
New Zealand Huts History
New Zealand, History
New Zealand Huts History
New Zealand, History

A brief historical sketch focusing on the contemporary history of how the NZ Department of Conservation (DoC) — established in 1987 — came to inherit the world’s largest and best organized hut system, and how it forged the disparate parts into a coherent, government-operated system of about 962 huts. A few key events in DoC history between 1987 – 2010 highlight how this transformation took place. During this period about 100 new huts were built, most to replace existing structures in poor condition.

New Zealand, History
Book Review: “The Hut Builder”, by Laurence Fearnley
Books/resources, Huts in Art, Literary, artistic, spiritual, New Zealand
Book Review: “The Hut Builder”, by Laurence Fearnley
Books/resources, Huts in Art, Literary, artistic, spiritual, New Zealand

Review of a NZ novel in which a hut is a major character. A great example of the place of the hut in NZ culture.

Books/resources, Huts in Art, Literary, artistic, spiritual, New Zealand
Hut systems, Hut operations, New Zealand
New Zealand Huts : Building blocks of the national hut system
Hut systems, Hut operations, New Zealand

Review of key policy and operational principles and documents that serve as the building blocks of the world’s largest hut system. Links to many extremely useful documents providing details on how the national hut system is managed.

Hut systems, Hut operations, New Zealand
Geoff Spearpoint: New Zealand Hut Hero
New Zealand, People
Geoff Spearpoint: New Zealand Hut Hero
New Zealand, People

Profile of one of the leading hut folks in NZ, and a leading photographer, author, activist and tramper.

New Zealand, People
Seven questions about the future of NZ huts
Architecture/design, Future of huts, New Zealand, Hut systems
Seven questions about the future of NZ huts
Architecture/design, Future of huts, New Zealand, Hut systems

As contemporary society evolves, what is the future of the world’s largest hut system? Outlines a few of the questions that most interest Ime and that I would like to discuss further with Kiwi colleagues.

Architecture/design, Future of huts, New Zealand, Hut systems
New Zealand Hut Heroes: Rob Brown
New Zealand, Huts in Art, People
New Zealand Hut Heroes: Rob Brown
New Zealand, Huts in Art, People

Profile of Rob Brown, a gifted photographer and committed activist. He pursues his passions — for writing, art, activism, and partnerships in support of the great outdoors — with vigor on a national scale. These accomplishments — combined with his inherent enjoyment of advocacy, policy and process — make him a real player in the world of New Zealand huts and wilderness.

New Zealand, Huts in Art, People
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