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.

A large bushfire is blazing through forest and scrub northwest of Taupo.

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.

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.

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.

Some of the builders who installed the 15m-deep spiral entranceway and other facilities will gather at Waitomo in October to mark this anniversary.

Passengers stranded at Waitomo by a broken-down bus are understood to be on their way to New Plymouth on a replacement vehicle.

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.

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.