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    NEW ZEALAND'S BEST BACKCOUNTRY BOG

    Aug 24, 2022 2 minutes
    BY HAZEL PHILLIPS

    In January the world of tramping toilets changed forever.

    The Backcountry Trust (BCT) installed a soft-close toilet seat on the thunderbox at Taruarau Biv in the Ruahine Range.

    Since then, whispers in huts have posited that a soft-close loo lid is, well, simply too much. Too luxurious for the bare bottoms of our nation's trampers. Too posh.

    Yet others say it's about time; this is

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