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Department of Conservation Rakiura operations manager Ren Leppens described bed bugs as master hitchhikers (file photo). In March, a visitor to the hut along the department s Stewart Island s Great Walk track reported meeting the “toughest bed bugs known to mankind”. The hut had been fumigated four times since the initial report in February. Yesterday, DOC announced the Stewart Island hut would be closed for a week in May to be fully refitted. Campbell said it was impossible to tell, but highly unlikely, that the Stewart Island and Whanganui bed bug infestations were linked. He said rangers cleaned the huts daily and none had noticed any bed bugs.
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Bedbug attack prompts closure of three Whanganui Journey Great Walk huts
22 Apr, 2021 11:28 PM
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John Coull Hut on the Whanganui Journey is closed for the rest of the season after a bedbug attack was reported. Photo / File
John Coull Hut on the Whanganui Journey is closed for the rest of the season after a bedbug attack was reported. Photo / File
Whanganui Chronicle
Three huts on the Whanganui Journey Great Walk have been closed after a bedbug attack was reported.
The Whakahoro and Tīeke Huts will be temporarily closed for treatment while the John Coull Hut will remain closed for the rest of the season.
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 2:53 pm
A single report of a bed-bug attack has seen three huts
on the Whanganui Journey Great Walk being treated as if they
have an infestation.
Department of Conservation
Director of Heritage and Visitors Steve Taylor said a
highly-precautionary approach is being taken to the issue
and the huts will be closed and fumigated
immediately.
While bedbugs have not previously been
reported in huts along the Whanganui River, this week’s
report was from a credible source, Steve Taylor
said.
“Consequently, we are treating this as an
urgent matter and have responded immediately.”
Both
the Whakahoro and Tīeke Huts will be temporarily closed for
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