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    Mar 23, 2020 5 minutes

    RUSTY RUAHINE BIVVY REPLACED

    A BELOVED ‘dog-box’ bivvy in Ruahine Forest Park has been replaced by the Backcountry Trust.

    Toka Bivouac, which sits on a high shelf on the Ngamoko Range, was installed by the New Zealand Forest Service between 1958 and 1960.

    The humble two-man bivvy had rusty cladding, leaks, and its structural tie-downs no longer met the building standard.

    It was classified by DOC as ‘minimal maintenance’, meaning it would be removed – not replaced – if it degraded beyond use.

    Backcountry Trust manager Rob Brown said the trust was contacted by Feilding man Josh Murray who had recently visited the bivvy and done a baseline inspection.

    “[He] approached us keen to get some maintenance work done on this biv around the same time the Backcountry Trust was looking to get

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