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:
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  • Bulmer Cavern
• Rawhiti Cave
• Riwaka Resurgence
• Takaka caves:
  • Harwood Hole
  • Ngarua Caves
• Te Ana-au Caves
  • Aurora Cave

See also[]

• List of caves
• List of rock formations of New Zealand
• Speleology

References[]

External links[]

• List of New Zealand's longest cave systems