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Kōrero: Diving and snorkelling

Cave diving at Riwaka

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Cave diving at Riwaka

Freshwater diving locations include rivers, lakes, springs, dams and caves. Near Nelson, the Riwaka River flows under the Tākaka Hill and into a subterranean cave system known as the Riwaka Resurgence. Here divers can experience a unique underwater environment, surfacing in caves filled with stalactite and stalagmite formations.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Diving and snorkelling – Underwater beauty, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9001/cave-diving-at-riwaka (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.