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    MATAKETAKE HUT, WEST COAST

    Jul 21, 2022 3 minutes
    BY HAZEL PHILLIPS

    Wilderness WALK 1200km

    32km

    The new Mataketake Hut has opened up some excellent tops travel on the Mataketake Range, north of Haast and just south of Lake Paringa, breathing new life into the little-used Haast to Paringa Cattle Track. The cattle track was built in 1875 by Haast farmers to move stock (over a two-week journey), and it is still quite robust today aside from a few places

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