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Ruakuri Cave is one of the longer caves in the Waitomo area of New Zealand. It was first discovered by local Māori between 400 and 500 years ago. The name Te Ruakuri, or "The Den of Dogs" (as it is referred to by the local hapū) was given to the surrounding area when wild dogs were discovered living in the entrance of the cave.
The Waitomo Glowworm Caves attraction is a cave at Waitomo on the North Island of New Zealand. It is known for its population of Arachnocampa luminosa, a glowworm species found exclusively in New Zealand. This cave is part of the waitomo streamway system that includes the Ruakuri Cave, Lucky Strike, and Tumutumu Cave.
Waitomo Stream flows beneath Ruakuri natural arch. Companies specialise in leading tourists through the caves of the area, from easily accessible areas with hundreds of tourists per hour in the peak season, to extreme sports, like crawls into cave systems, which are only seen by a few tourists each day. [citation needed]
Ruakuri Cave; W. Waikaretu; Waitomo Caves; Waitomo Glowworm Caves This page was last edited on 2 December 2024, at 01:58 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
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.
It is located in the Ruakuri Caves & Bush Scenic Reserve, an area that also contains a number of other natural features of note. The reserve is administered by New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC). [2] With a length of over 12 km of explored passages, it is New Zealand's 6th largest known cave system, and the largest in the North ...
The seat of the Waitomo District Council is at Te Kūiti, which had a population of 4,890 in June 2024.No other village in the district has a population of over 500. The district has a land area of 3,534.84 km 2 (1,365 sq mi), 94.87% of which lies in the Waikato Region and only 5.13% in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region.
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