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Starlight Cave

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Watch cavers follow the subterranean stream that drains Harwoods Hole on Tākaka hill. Starlight Cave is part of the Harwood cave system.

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Carl Walrond, Nelson places – Western Tasman Bay, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/29098/starlight-cave (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 31 August 2010, updated 22 April 2015.