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Heritage Hut visit
"You need to get out more" is a phrase often shared as we become more time poor and lacking a realistic work/life balance in this busy world.
I was privileged to join my team on a hosted visit by the Department of Conservation to the new Heritage Hut in western Ruahine Forest Park. Usually I am challenged to find space in my diary to attend these familiarisation trips, however I decided this was one I needed to do.
This inspiring experience hit a real "hot button" and epitomised "100 percent pure" in its entirety.
What makes Manawatu region stand apart from the rest of New Zealand is being able to offer an outdoor experience like this one, where you can become at one with nature in the most beautiful surroundings. The fresh, vibrant and pure air that one can draw in leaves you internally refreshed. It is certainly a green prescription at its very best!
A recent dumping of snow meant we were tramping through soft, crisp white powder interspersed with natural bush that was framed by the most beautiful canopies of frosted native foliage. There is an arched walking bridge about 10 minutes into the walk that spans the upper reaches of the Oroua River. This image is often used by Tourism New Zealand in overseas promotional material but to see this encased in snow was a sight to behold.
The Ruahine Forest Park is home to about 28 huts available at subsidised cost for the public to enjoy. Some like Heritage Hut are built and maintained by the Deer Stalkers Association. The daughters of early pioneer and local, Alice Nash, also provided support to erect this hut to enable her legacy to live on in the ranges.
The partnership between the local offices of the Department of Conservation and the Deer Stalkers Association shows collaboration in its truest sense; the deer stalkers erect traps tp support the eradication of stoats and possums in this part of the park to protect it for future generations.
The trip into Heritage Hut along easy walking tracks takes about 50 minutes each way and is suitable for all ages, from children through to active retired walkers. We also felt the track may allow parents to push a mountain buggy with young children during the summer.
While we absorbed the awe-inspiring views of the wider forest park from the deck of Heritage Hut, reflecting quietly on natural New Zealand at its best, two kereru joined us on the manuka tree in front of the hut.
We are so fortunate to have these offerings right on our door step. I am always at a loss when locals say there is nothing to do here.
