Caving in North and South Islands, New Zealand 21st – 31st October 2022 by Fay Hartley

(Main image - Fay in Cleft of the Orcs, New Zealand. Photo by Peter Baxter) In my opinion it's the golden age of cave exploration in New Zealand.  Their government helicopters cavers and gear to the summits of Mount Arthur where in 2014, cavers linked Nettlebed to Stormy Pot and the Pearse River Resurgence - …

Speleo 2017 New Zealand by Fay Hartley.

Speleo 2017 New Zealand by Fay Hartley   From 7th-14th August 2017, as part of Speleo 2017 based in Sydney, I joined two excursions in South Island, New Zealand, the Caves of Nelson and the West Coast Karst. In 2014 cavers linked Nettlebed to Stormy pot, a 1.2m deep system below Mount Arthur. The Green …