Permanently closed facilities

Introduction

This page lists many of the huts, campsites and tracks that have closed permanently in the past ten years.

Huts

  • 25 Mile Hut, Rees Valley, Otago
  • Barratts Bivvy, Kaikoura  – destroyed by earthquake slips 
  • Caroline Creek Bivvy, St James Conservation Area
  • Gardiner Hut, Aoraki/Mount Cook area – destroyed by rock avalanche
  • Glenrae Bivvy, Lake Sumner Forest Park
  • Haast Hut, Aoraki/Mount Cook area
  • Lake Howden Hut, Routeburn Track - damaged by landslide
  • Lewis Hut, Heaphy Track - replaced with Lewis Shelter
  • Mid Ohaku Hut, East Coast area
  • Muchison Hut,  Aoraki/Mount Cook area
  • Goose Flat Hut, Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia Clarence - destroyed by wildfire

Campsites

  • Blackgate Campsite, Ōtaki Forks area
  • Boundary Creek Campsite, Hāwea Conservation Park
  • Everetts Campsite, Hawke's bay – closed long term due to dangerous slip on road
  • Forest Pools Campsite, Puketi Omahuta Forest
  • Graces Stream Campsite, Remutaka Forest Park – closed due to dangerous trees
  • Grey River Campsite, Mt Grey/Maukatere Conservation Area
  • Kawhatau Campsite, Ruahine Forest Park
  • Mackay Creek Campsite, Fiordland
  • Tonga Quarry Campsite, Abel Tasman National Park – day visits only
  • Waitoetoe Campsite, New Pymouth - closed due to coastal erosion

Lodges

  • Knox Coastal Cottage, Coromandel Forest Park
  • Coast Road Cabin, Remutaka Forest Park

Tracks

  • DOC closing tracks to protect kauri
  • Kauri Grove Walk, Russell-Ngaiotonga Forest – to prevent spread of kauri dieback
  • Mangahorehore Track, Puketi Forest – to prevent spread of kauri dieback
  • Mangaoraka Loop Track, North Egmont
  • Omahuta Kauri Sanctuary Walk, Omahuta Forest – to prevent spread of kauri dieback
  • Onekura Track, Puketi Forest – to prevent spread of kauri dieback
  • Pukekohe Stream Track, Puketi Forest – to prevent spread of kauri dieback
  • Rotoroa Route, Nelson lakes
  • Russell Forest walks - Ngaiotonga to Russell Forest – to prevent spread of kauri dieback
  • Takapau Track, Puketi Forest – to prevent spread of kauri dieback
  • Twilight - Te Werahi Loop Track - Te Paki, Northland
  • Twin Bole Kauri Walk, Russell-Ngaiotonga Forest – to prevent spread of kauri dieback
  • Upper Waipapa River Track, Puketi Forest – to prevent spread of kauri dieback
  • Waihoanga Gorge Kauri Walk, Puketi Forest – to prevent spread of kauri dieback
  • Walnut Track, Puketi Forest – to prevent spread of kauri dieback

Places

  • Albany Scenic Reserve, Auckland  – to prevent spread of kauri dieback
  • Logues Bush Scenic Reserve, Auckland – to prevent spread of kauri dieback
  • Russell Forest, Northland – to prevent spread of kauri dieback
  • Sharplin Falls Track, Mount Somers area
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