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.






June 2023

Mar 2025


SF70 Hut


Forest Service Orange



“The Classic backcountry hut” scattered across the wilderness like Jaffas by the NZFS. The SF70 is ultimate mid-century design in 6 bunk huts.

In the 1950s the New Zealand Forest Service were tasked with drastically reducing deer populations around the country. They took over the 25 year legacy of the DIA deer stalker program and decided these hunters could do with some proper shelter.


The golden age of hut building had begun.


Prize in the tool belt of this new nation-wide program were 3 standard hut designs; a biv, a 4-bunk and the 6-bunk - the SF70.




Notable examples painted in Forest Service orange:

Thomas River & Roaring Billy (Haast), Mid-Waiohine & Arete Forks (Tararua), Tauanui Hut (Aorangi), Tunnel Creek Hut (West Coast), Tataweka hut (Te Urewera), Top Wairoa hut (Mt. Richmond)




All orders will ship within 7 days. 














2023 huts: Poet | Hooker | Brewster | SF70 | Cone | Bealey Spur | Mingha Biv | Chaffey

2024: Carrington | Ivory Lake | Slaty Creek | Syme | Te Waio | Mt Brown | Field | Iron Whare

2025: Blue Range

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Previous Mini Hut Editions


2023: Poet | Hooker | Brewster | SF70 | Cone | Bealey Spur | Mingha Biv | Chaffey

2024: Carrington | Ivory Lake | Slaty Creek | Syme | Te Waio | Mt Brown | Field | Iron Whare

2025: Blue Range, SF70



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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