[1] The Ahaura joins the Grey River which flows to the Tasman Sea at Greymouth.

[3][4] The Tūtaekurī flows down a long, low valley and is predominantly a shingle bed river flowing through beech forest with a margin of tussock grass along the banks.

A 4x4 track runs to the hut, but is often washed out at the river crossings.

[13] The valley is part of the West Coast Divide TB Management Area, where pigs, deer and possums are controlled to minimise the spread of tuberculosis.

This article about a river in the West Coast Region of New Zealand is a stub.