Caving

The death of a student at Abbey Caves has brought back memories of another outdoor education tragedy - the Mangatepopo canyoning disaster. Audio

Pioneering caver Van Watson has an amazing story of adventure in search of the deepest cave in the world in Papua New Guinea. A young caver from Waitomo in the early 1970s, he led a group of 23 cavers… Audio, Gallery

Our summer series on lifesavers continues - in this episode we learn about cave rescues, which is highly specialised and involves a huge amount of training. Audio, Gallery

Jill Heinerth is a Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker. She is a veteran of over thirty years of filming, photography, and exploration on projects in… Audio

Thirty cavers have set off on a 17-day expedition in hope of extending the country's longest cave to make it the longest in the Southern Hempishere. Cave diver Kieran Mackay discusses exactly what it… Audio

Graphic designer Marcus Thomas and photographer Neil Silverwood have just published a book, Caves: Exploring New Zealand's Subterranean Wilderness, which takes readers on a journey into New Zealand's… Audio

Cavers who helped in last night's rescue of a Canadian woman who slipped then fell while abseiling down Harwoods Hole on Takaka Hill say the operation went like clockwork. Audio

Rescuers reach the injured caver who fell at the 176 metre deep sinkhole this afternoon. Video, Audio

A caver has suffered serious injuries abseiling down the deepest vertical shaft in New Zealand. Video, Audio

Francesco Sauro specialises in studying the geology of caves and is one of the world's foremost cave explorers. The crowning achievement of his career so far is the discovery of the world's oldest… Audio

Caver Neil Silverwood is a man with a dream. He wants to find the missing connection between the West Coast's Fox River caves and a nearby system ominously-named Armageddon. If he can make it happen… Audio