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Kōrero: Waikato places

Nīkau Cave

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Nīkau Cave

Nīkau Cave at Waikāretu, 49 kilometres south of Tūākau, is 1 kilometre long and features beautiful pillars, stalactites and stalagmites. It is the most dramatic of a number of limestone formations in the area.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 18 October 2005

by Amos Chapple

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato places – Waikato Heads to Meremere, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27271/nikau-cave (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 26 May 2010, updated 11 June 2015.