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  1. Te Urewera hut removals - Department of Conservation

    • Visitors heading into Te Urewera should visit the Ngāi Tūhoe website(external site)to check for alerts and/or speak to the staff at the Te Urewera Visitor Centre. Visitors to the backcountry should carry a good s… See more

    How Ngāi Tūhoe and Doc Work Together

    Te Urewera is recognised in New Zealand law as a living person. Te Urewera is spoken for and governed by the Te Urewera Board. Care for Te Urewera, including th… See more

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    Learn more on Ngāi Tūhoe website(external site). Visitors can also phone Ngāi Tūhoe on +64 6 837 3803 or email teureweravc@ngaituhoe.iwi.nzfor information.… See more

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  1. Dozens of huts to be removed from Te Urewera as Tūhoe plan …

  2. Demolitions of Te Urewera huts found to be unlawful

    Dec 14, 2023 · Twenty-nine huts were burned down in 2022 at the direction of Tūhoe's post settlement entity Te Uru Taumatua following a decision by Te Urewera Board to decommission Department of Conservation (DOC) …

  3. Demolitions of Te Urewera huts found to be unlawful - Stuff

  4. Te Urewera - Department of Conservation

    Located in the East Coast region. Remote, rugged, immense, Te Urewera is the home of the Tūhoe people and is famous for its lakes and forested beauty. Te Urewera is recognised in New Zealand law as a living person. Te Urewera is …

  5. Destruction of huts adds to ‘historical trauma’ for Te …

    Deep in Te Urewera sit 19 huts tagged for demolition. They are to be replaced with buildings designed to represent a new era in the ancient forest. Twenty-nine others have already been...

  6. Big bill for Tūhoe to fight legal case - Newstalk ZB

  7. Unlawful: High Court condemns destruction of Te …

    Auckland High Court Justice Matthew Downs has ruled the destruction of Department of Conservation backcountry huts in Te Urewera in late 2022 and the burning and removal of the huts was...

  8. List of huts in Te Urewera and the plan for their …

    Oct 18, 2022 · Decommissioning of huts does not mean stay away. What it does mean is that we are ridding ourselves of old, rat infested, hard to maintain, decades past their use by date structures. That’s it. Decommissioning will …

  9. Removal of Te Urewera huts sparks outrage from locals

    Oct 23, 2022 · More than a dozen backcountry huts in the Te Urewera forest have been dismantled and 48 will be destroyed by December. It's part of local iwi Tūhoe's plan to get rid of old huts at the former...