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Kōrero: Caving

Tourists, Te Ana-au Cave

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Tourists, Te Ana-au Cave

Te Ana-au Cave, on the western shore of Lake Te Anau, has been developed into a tourist attraction. In 1954 these visitors were making their way to a boat which would take them to the glow-worm grotto. The cave system includes an upstream section called Aurora Cave. This is separated by a sump from Te Ana-au Cave, a shorter downstream resurgence section. The system was formed by the Tunnel Burn, a stream that drains from Lake Orbell in the Takahē Valley.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, National Publicity Studios Collection

Reference: 1/2-030723-F

by K. V. Bigwood

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Caving – Caving tourism, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11508/tourists-te-ana-au-cave (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.