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 ...

Arachnocampa luminosa is a gnat species native to New Zealand. These small insects look like normal mosquitos as adults, but, as larvae, they are proof that sometimes real life is stranger — and more ...

Those glowworms are technically known as arachnocampa luminosa (glowing spider-worms, or perhaps a Harry Potter spell?), and they really do light up. Thousands of the creatures make their homes in ...

When you hear a name like Waitomo Glowworm Caves, how can you not be interested? It sounds too good to be true, but it’s real. The Waitomo caves, at least most of them, are filled with beautiful ...

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 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 ...

It takes just minutes for the earth to swallow me whole as I abseil into the cave’s mouth. My feet bounce off rock until suddenly the wall slopes away into a yawning cavern and I’m kicking out at open ...

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 ...

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