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Hut · Ōpōtiki area, East Coast No booking

Nikau Flat Hut

38.3554° S, 177.2904° E

Nikau Flat Hut, photo from DOC
Photo: DOC

No booking: first come, first served

This hut is not on DOC's booking system. Beds go to whoever arrives first, so carry a tent or a plan B in busy seasons.

Where a fee applies, pay with a Backcountry Hut Ticket or a Hut Pass. From 1 November 2026 hut tickets can also be bought online through DOC. The DOC page for this hut has the category, fee and facilities.

Forecast

At 219 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 9:18 am, Wed 4 Nov.

16-day forecast
DayConditionsHigh / lowRain, chanceWind km/h
Wed 4 NovDrizzle20° / 13°2.5 mm 91%14 gusts 38
Thu 5 NovHeavy drizzle20° / 14°4.8 mm 97%15 gusts 38
Fri 6 NovDrizzle22° / 16°5.6 mm 98%20 gusts 50
Sat 7 NovThunderstorm18° / 15°67.6 mm 100%18 gusts 49
Sun 8 NovShowers20° / 14°8.7 mm 97%19 gusts 51
Mon 9 NovHeavy drizzle22° / 12°6 mm 67%12 gusts 34
Tue 10 NovShowers18° / 14°38.8 mm 86%21 gusts 55
Wed 11 NovShowers18° / 15°38.4 mm 94%21 gusts 56
Thu 12 NovHeavy drizzle20° / 14°14.2 mm 89%15 gusts 46
Fri 13 NovLight drizzle23° / 13°3.4 mm 65%7 gusts 29
Sat 14 NovLight drizzle22° / 13°2.8 mm 67%14 gusts 44
Sun 15 NovShowers20° / 14°22 mm 63%27 gusts 81
Mon 16 NovLight drizzle23° / 14°2.8 mm 54%22 gusts 64
Tue 17 NovLight drizzle21° / 13°1.2 mm 43%20 gusts 53
Wed 18 NovLight drizzle24° / 11°4.5 mm 42%21 gusts 49
Thu 19 NovLight drizzle14° / 11°2.3 mm 32%4 gusts 6

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