CRH pack weight - 14.9 kg which includes food and 4 liter of water and 0.75 liter of NZ finest wine. Water at hut was supposed to be salty and therefore we had to pack water for in and out trip. Turned out we didn’t need to. Water at hut was fine once boiled. The walk was long and hot. Chris felt that he had mild symptoms of heat exhaustion. The last half of hike was slow and painful, stopped a handful of times. Kathleen spotted a ‘stick bug’ on trail. Didn’t see too many birds. But we did see an extra tiny black and white bird. Once we arrived at hut, Chris took a delicious dip in ocean with giant school of blue mau mau (sp?). Was amazing. Almost got attached by colony of gulls. Met really nice kiwi couple with kids. They have a boat called ‘death trap III’ aka 4m tinny. Kenny recommended we get bit and check out bar called rivertown (sp?) near Bayswater boat launch. Saw a great sunset and spectacular views! We really liked the ginger soy chicken although our hut mates said that one gave them the runs. We were fine.