List of caves in New Zealand

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

Many lava tubes and lava caves in the Auckland volcanic field, including:
- Rangitoto lava caves
- Wiri Lava Cave
Waitomo district:
- Aranui Cave
- Gardner's Gut
- Ruakuri Cave
- Waitomo Cave

South Island caves

Broken River Cave
Cathedral Caves
Cave Stream
Clifden Limestone Caves
Honeycomb Hill Cave
Metro Cave / Te Ananui Cave
Mount Arthur caves:
- Ellis Basin cave system
- Nettlebed Cave
Moncks Cave
Mount Owen caves:
- Bohemia Cave^[1]
- Bulmer Cavern
Rawhiti Cave
Riwaka Resurgence
Tākaka Hill caves:
- Harwoods Hole
- Ngārua Caves
Te Ana-au Caves
- Aurora Cave

References

^ Grzelewski, Derek. "Tales of the underworld". New Zealand Geographic. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

External links

List of New Zealand's longest cave systems

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