Story: Limestone country

More links and websites

• Castles of the underworld

  An award-winning film about New Zealand's dramatic limestone landscapes, from the NZ On Screen website.

• Land use in karst terrain

  This Department of Conservation document reviews land use in karst landscapes, and its impact on karst ecosystems (PDF, 608 KB).

• New Zealand Speleological Society

  The national caving society, formed in 1949, has a current membership of around 300.

• Waitomo Caves Information Centre

  This site has information about New Zealand’s most accessible caves at Waitomo in the King Country.

More suggestions and sources

• Lipyeat, Moira, and Les Wright. Delving deeper: half a century of cave discovery in New Zealand. Waitomo: New Zealand Speleological Society; Christchurch: Hazard, 2003.
• Potton, Craig, and Andy Dennis. Images from a limestone landscape: a journey into Punakaiki–Paparoa region. Nelson: Craig Potton, 1987.
• The New Zealand cave atlas: North Island. Waitomo: New Zealand Speleological Society, 1988.
• The New Zealand cave atlas, volume 2: South Island. Waitomo: New Zealand Speleological Society, 2004.
• Williams, P. W. ‘Karst hydrology.’ In Waters of New Zealand, edited by M. Paul Mosley, 187–206. Wellington: New Zealand Hydrological Society, 1992.
• Williams, P. W. ‘Karst in New Zealand.’ In Landforms of New Zealand, edited by J. M. Soons and M. J. Selby, 186–209. Auckland: Longman Paul, 1992.