{"id":432752,"date":"2026-05-18T02:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T02:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/432752\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T02:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T02:43:07","slug":"tongariro-northern-circuit-new-oturere-hut-on-track-for-great-walk-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/432752\/","title":{"rendered":"Tongariro Northern Circuit: New Oturere Hut on track for Great Walk season"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThere\u2019s a really solid frame in place now and we\u2019re starting to see the shape of what\u2019s to come,\u201d Hayward said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve also made sure there is a separate shelter for campers, so it\u2019s not everyone crowding in to use the same facilities. <\/p>\n

\" Construction of Oturere Hut on the Tongariro Northern Circuit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to make for a far better overnight experience for everyone who is out there naturing.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the opening of the new hut, the Tongariro Northern Circuit will resume its Great Walk status after a hiatus last season.<\/p>\n

Hayward said there would be a slight alteration to how the Great Walk operated this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fires late last year<\/a> really hit the Mangatepopo Track, and the affected structures won\u2019t be repaired in time for safe use this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, the Great Walk will be less of a circuit, more of an arc between Mangatepopo Road end and Whakapapa Village. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be worth considering your transport options in advance, and we\u2019ll have some guidance about this on the DoC website.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news is we\u2019ve been doing a lot of work to improve the tracks in the Tongariro Alpine Crossing and Tama Lakes sections, and you can look forward to a better walking experience,\u201d Hayward said. <\/p>\n

Bookings for Tongariro Northern Circuit open at 9.30am on May 21, via the DoC website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThere\u2019s a really solid frame in place now and we\u2019re starting to see the shape of what\u2019s to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,105541,5201,1568,63,2082,16773,141230,685,221531,117,111,43,139,7977,69,1570,90,221530,10715,1306,6926,4497,46029,22974,34890,1530],"class_list":["post-432752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-circuit","tag-closed","tag-construction","tag-fires","tag-for","tag-great","tag-hut","tag-last","tag-mangatepopo","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-northern","tag-nz","tag-october","tag-on","tag-oturere","tag-remains","tag-schedule","tag-season","tag-start","tag-tongariro","tag-track","tag-walk","tag-years"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}