Between 33 percent and 50 percent of the species of the North Island might have vanished in the long interval between the arrival of people on Aotearoa and canoes a disconcerting memory of the fact ...

The Waitomo Caves have taken aeons to form; it takes a century for one cubic centimetre of rock to form. A visit to Waitomo has long been on our family's holiday "to do" list, something we'd usually ...

This world-famous natural wonder, which is situated about 120 miles south of Auckland, features a boat ride through Glowworm Grotto, where thousands of glowworms illuminate the cave ceiling. New ...

This job puts you in some interesting situations, and ziplining in an underground cave is something I didn't even know existed, let alone ever thought I'd ever find myself doing. It's pretty hard to ...

Waitomo District Council 2025: (top row) Olivia Buckley, Janette Osborne, Allan Goddard and Dan Tasker; (bottom row) Eady Manawaiti, John Robertson and Isaiah Wallace. Photo / Waitomo District Council ...