Three die from crashes in Waikato, two in Northland, one in Christchurch.

Two people, aged 19 and 21, were airlifted to hospital after the 11am crash.

Car left road and landed in ditch.

Neil Porten and his daughter go black water rafting. Here are their accounts of adventure.

Less than a week before residents are forced out. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A moving ceremony was attended by family members

One person is dead after truck crash near Waitomo.

KCEPT shareholders are to keep their shares in King Country Energy - Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Otorohanga residents come together to get through the tough economic times. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Should Waitomo businesses be allowed to open on Easter Sunday? It’s a question currently being considered by the council Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A new mascot for Waitomo has been unveiled. Sam the Moa sits on the side of State Highway 37 in Hangatiki. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

An international team of scientists have found an odd and slightly gross explanation for sticky, glowworm-made "fishing lines" that hang in the famous Waitomo Caves - urine.

Eveline Harvey finds magic above and below ground in Waitomo.

Enter a magical underground world, where glow worms light the way.

See stalactites and stalagmites, listen to the sound of rushing waterfalls and discover how glow worms produce their signature light on a tour of this fascinating cave in the Waitomo District.

Helen van Berkel heads underground with her daughter for the stunning delights of Waitomo.

The Kiwi tourist attraction features alongside the Grand Canyon, Havasu Falls, Cascada Bigar in Romania and Pink Sands Beach in the Bahamas.

Ruakuri's Cave and inhabitants at Waitomo's caves is enough to stun the kids into uncharacteristic silence.

A Japanese tourist who missed her bus outside a rural New Zealand cave attraction is overwhelmed by the kindness of local people who came to her aid.

Long ago Waitomo Caves staff named two eels living in the cave system "Smeagol" and "Gollum".

A Waitomo caving experience will leave your mind blown, writes Alex Robertson.

A visit to Waitomo has long been on our family’s holiday "to do" list...

Waitomo's 'starlit' caves spark Alex Robertson's curiosity.

Braving the dark and cold, Elisabeth Easther, goes on a caving adventure and discovers more than one reason why Waitomo rocks.

This cave, two kilometres southwest of Waitomo's main glowworm cave, is a fairytale world of spirals and speleothems, stalactites, old fossils and young glowworm superstars.

Visiting Ruakuri Cave is a spiritual journey into a subterranean world where time stands still, writes Paul Rush.