Out of seven accommodation house licences given by the Nelson Provincial Council in the 1860s, the Acheron Accommodation House is the only house that still stands.
Located in Clarence Reserve, Black Spur Slab Hut was built around 1927 for shepherds' accommodation during tupping.
Built in 1928, Bluff Dump Hut is a remnant of the pack-track days of the Clarence Reserve. The hut serves as a physical reminder of how isolated station life was in the Clarence Valley.
Little is known about Horse Flat Hut in Clarence Reserve. Old musterers have said that it was used as a rabbiters' hut.
You can visit the Molesworth Cob Homestead, which was the first homestead on what was to become New Zealand's largest pastoral run.
In New Zealand, the name Molesworth Station evokes the nation's high-country farming identity. Learn more about the station's history and present management of the area as a working farm, conservation site and recreation destination.
Old Willows Hut is one of a group of 1920s mustering huts remaining on the Clarence Reserve.
From the 1860s until 1968 access between Kaikoura and the Warden and Tytler Runs (now known as the Clarence Reserve) was via a pack track over the Seaward Kaikoura Range. Of the several huts built to provide accommodation along the track only Tentpoles and Bluff Dump still stand.
The value of conservation
NZ Historic Places Trust
International Council on Monuments and Sites
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
NZ Archaeological Association