Mini Huts

by Kemi Niko








Collectable tramping huts


Made with the spirit and integrity of the backcountry; from salvaged materials to handcrafted construction.




 

Hut of
the Month


Hello 2025! Join us as we showcase the making process and delve into the history of real backcountry huts.





Feb 2025




Historic Photos: Masterton Tramping Club
Mini Hut at Hut: Sarah Robb 

Blue Range Hut


Tararua Forest Park, Wairarapa



While Blue Range Hut is a standard 4 bunk hut, built in 1958 by the Masterton Tramping Club, it is far from ordinary.


Not only is the hut adorned with quirky signage (including ‘no parking’ and ‘antenatal clinic’ to name a few) apparently it is the only hut in the Tararuas with hot and cold water on tap. You’ll have to let us know if that is true or not.


The hut build started with fortnightly club trips over 18 months to carry the materials up the 700m climb. Impromptu competitions ensued.


A few decades later someone must have gotten their hands on the hospital signs when Masterton Hospital closed in 2005 and installed them around the hut.







This 2025 editon of Blue Range Hut is still in production. The design has been refined slightly since the pictured edition.

We aim to ship out by 13th March. Thanks for your patience.










2023 huts: Jan | Mar | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct  2024: Feb | Mar | Apr | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Dec


 

Mini Hut Ingredients

Made in Aotearoa



½ Large tin can, slab of reclaimed rimu or pine, hours of time and attention, years of experimentation, a healthy dose of hut obsession.

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

Mini Hut Cards


Spread the hut love with our favourite huts on greeting cards and postcards for all occassions






NEW Postcards:

Field Hut Old Cedar Flat Old Waihohonu Hut Chaffey Hut Bealey Spur Hut Moonbeam Hut Syme Hut


Available in both Greeting Cards and Postcards:

Poet Hut Mt Brown Hut Cone Hut Cecil Kings Hut SF70 Orange hut Blue Range Hut Old Cedar Flat Hut (GC version) Chaffey Hut (GC version) Carrington Hut (GC only) Slaty Creek Hut (GC only) Bealey Spur Hut (GC only) Postcard backs Free Wild Card with GC orders All cards have hut name and map on the back







Post Cards


New range just in time for summer 2024/25. Each postcard features a Mini Hut (with its name and map on the reverse) and has rounded corners to give that vintage feel.

South Island Huts - 8 Postcards

North Island Huts - 8 Postcards

Full Set - 13 Postcards

Add any hut preferences in the ‘notes’ when you place your order





Greeting Cards

Each greeting card has a full colour image on the front, hut name and map on the back and is blank inside for your message, whatever the occasion.  Includes high quality NZ made envelope.

A Handful - 6 Cards

The Collection - 11 Cards

Add any hut preferences in the ‘notes’ when you place your order






Shipping:

If you’ve selected cards only please select shipping option for orders under $150 

Allow 5 days for shippingor select express shipping option

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