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
- Abbey Caves
- Karamu Cave
- Kawiti Caves
- Mangaone Cave
- Nikau Caves
- Te Reinga Cave
- Waipu Caves
- Many lava tubes and lava caves in the Auckland Volcanic Field, including:
- Waitomo district:
South Island caves
- Babylon Cave
- Broken River Cave
- Cathedral Caves
- Clifden Limestone Caves
- Fox River Caves
- Honeycomb Hill Cave
- Maori Leap Cave
- Metro Cave / Te Ananui Cave
- Mount Arthur caves:
- Mount Owen caves:
- Rawhiti Cave
- Riwaka Resurgence
- Takaka caves:
- Te Ana-au Caves
- Te Anaroa Caves
- Xanadu Caves