Kotepato Hut Mini Hut - Waioeka Conservation Area, Bay of Plenty

Built in the summer of 1968, by deer culler Tony Shaw and crew. Apparently he upgraded the standard NZFS 6-bunk design by adding hinges on the centre bunks so the bottom bunks could be used as benches.

All bunks are now fixed after a spruce up (including an added veranda) by local tramping club, Nga Tapuwae o Taneatua, that saved the hut from removal by DOC. The hut continues to be enjoyed by Ōpōtiki locals and visitors from a far.  

Our Mini Hut captures the hut in steel and reclaimed wood, in its original form with the moss green paint job. 

6.5 (w) x 8cm (l) x 7.5cm (h)

Ingredients: 1/2 large tin can, slab of reclaimed timber, hours of time and attention, years of experimentation, a healthy dose of hut obsession

Every hut comes with a corrugated info card & map hidden in its chimney

Learn more about the makers: www.keminiko.com