This unique hut was built for government employed deer cullers and is the best surviving example of its type on the West Coast.
As technology evolved, one thing stayed the same. Learn about the humble stalwart that helped miners turn water into gold, and today provides locals with power.
Prices Flat Hut on the Whitcombe Pass Route provides a historic link with the area's early deer culling days.
The Locke Stream Hut was built in 1939 when the Taramakau-Harper Pass-Lake Sumner Route was developed as part of a Government programme that encouraged physical fitness.
The value of conservation
New Zealand Historic Places Trust www.historic.org.nz
International Council on Monuments and Sites www.icomos.org
Ministry for Culture and Heritage www.mch.govt.nz
New Zealand Archaeological Association www.nzarchaeology.org
