List of caves of New Zealand

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The following is a list of some of the more well known caves and caverns in New Zealand.

Not all caves have an official name as set by the New Zealand Geographic Board. The national caving association maintains maps of all known surveyed caves and the name is generally allocated by the group who first discovered the cave.

North Island caves

South Island caves

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cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter. Some people suggest that the term 'cave' should only apply to cavities that have some part which does not receive daylight; however, in popular usage, the term includes smaller spaces like sea caves, rock
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Anthem
"God Defend New Zealand"
"God Save the Queen" 1


Capital Wellington

Largest city Auckland
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Caving is the recreational sport of exploring caves. Speleology is the scientific study of caves and the cave environment.[1]

The challenges of the sport depend on the cave being visited, but often include the negotiation of pitches, squeezes, and water
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Lava tubes are natural conduits through which lava travels beneath the surface of a lava flow, expelled by a volcano during an eruption. They can be actively draining lava from a source, or can be extinct, meaning the lava flow has ceased and the rock has cooled and left a
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The Auckland volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field in the North Island of New Zealand. Basaltic in nature, it underlies much of the metropolitan area of Auckland. The field's many vents have produced a diverse array of explosion craters, scoria cones, and lava flows.
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The Waitomo Caves are a village and cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the southern Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 kilometres northwest of Te Kuiti.
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The Waitomo Caves are a village and cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the southern Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 kilometres northwest of Te Kuiti.
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Gardner's Gut is an extensive cave system (two main levels and at least 4½ miles of passages)[1] in the Waitomo area of New Zealand. It is located in the Ruakuri Caves & Bush Scenic Reserve, an area that also contains a number of other natural features of note.
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The Waitomo Caves are a village and cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the southern Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 kilometres northwest of Te Kuiti.
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The Waitomo Caves are a village and cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the southern Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 kilometres northwest of Te Kuiti.
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Broken River Cave is a 362-meter-long cave in New Zealand, located on Arthur's Pass Road from Christchurch on the west coast. It is 40 km from Arthur's Pass and from Christchurch.

The river takes a shortcut under a hill. A sign outside the cave reads "Cave Stream Reserve".
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Cathedral Caves are a series of sea caves on the Catlins Coast in New Zealand. They are one of the most popular tourist attractions in the area. The two main caves join together within the cliff, and one has a 30 m (100 ft) high ceiling.
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Mount Arthur may refer to:
  • Mount Arthur (Antarctica) in Antarctica
  • Mount Arthur (New Zealand) in New Zealand
  • Mount Arthur (Pentland Hills) in Scotland
  • Mount Arthur (Nunavut) in Nunavut, Canada
  • Mount Arthur (Tasmania) in Tasmania, Australia

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Nettlebed Cave is a limestone cave located in the Mount Arthur region of the northwest South Island of New Zealand.

It is the deepest cave system in the southern hemisphere, dropping 889 metres below its upper entrance (Blizzard Pot) to its lower exit (Pearse Resurgence).
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Mount Owen can refer to:
  • Mount Owen, New Zealand
  • Mount Owen (Alberta) in the Bow Range of the Canadian Rockies
  • Mount Owen (Antarctica)
  • Mount Owen (Colorado) in the Ruby Range of the U.S. State of Colorado.

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Bulmer Cavern is New Zealand's longest cave system, running for over 50 km kilometres through Mount Owen in the Nelson region of the northwest South Island.[1] The cave was the location of a major cave rescue effort in 1998, when it took 80 cavers several days to extract
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The Riwaka River is located in the northwest of New Zealand's South Island. It flows for 20 kilometres, entering Tasman Bay close to the town of Riwaka, 10 kilometres north of Motueka.
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Takaka is a small town situated at the southeastern end of Golden Bay, at the northern end of New Zealand's South Island. Located on the lower reaches of the Takaka River.
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Harwood (or Harwood's) Hole is a cave system located in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. It is one of several important cave systems in Takaka Hill, between Golden Bay and Tasman Bay. Harwood Hole is New Zealand's deepest vertical shaft.
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The Te Ana-au caves are a culturally and ecologically important system of limestone caves on the western shore of Lake Te Anau, in the southwest of New Zealand. It was discovered in 1948 by Lawson Burrows, who found the upper entry after three years of searching, following clues by
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The history of New Zealand dates back at least seven hundred years to when it was discovered and settled by Polynesians, who developed a distinct Māori culture centred on kinship links and land.
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This is a timeline of the History of New Zealand.

Pre-Colonial Timeline (to 1839)

Before 1600

  • 180: Lake Taupo erupts violently.
  • 1000-1300: Archaeological evidence (such as the cabbage tree ovens on the Otago Peninsula) indicates that Polynesian

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Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Tiriti o Waitangi) is a treaty signed on February 6, 1840 by representatives of the British Crown, and Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand.
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New Zealand Wars, sometimes called the Land Wars and also once called the Māori Wars, were a series of conflicts that took place in New Zealand between 1845 and 1872.
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The military history of New Zealand is an aspect of the history of New Zealand that spans several hundred years. When first settled by Māori almost a millennium ago, there was much land and resources, but war began to break out as the country's carrying capacity was approached.
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This is a timeline of the History of New Zealand's involvement with Antarctica.

Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

1770s
  • Captain James Cook and the crews of his expedition's ships, Resolution and Adventure

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The independence of New Zealand occurred gradually over the twentieth century by a series of Royal proclamations, Imperial Conferences and Acts of the British and New Zealand Parliaments. Thus, New Zealand has no single date of official independence.
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The geography of New Zealand encompasses two main islands (called the North and South Islands in English, Te-Ika-a-Maui and Te Wai Pounamu in Māori) and a number of smaller islands, located near the centre of the water hemisphere.
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New Zealand has two time zones. The main islands use New Zealand Standard Time (NZST), 12 hours in advance of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), while the outlying Chatham Islands use Chatham Standard Time (CHAST), 12 hours 45 minutes in advance of UTC.
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