Explore Catton’s Cave

Deep beneath a rock stack on the south coast of the Princes Islands is a dark cavern, invisible from the surface.

Produced by New Zealand Geographic

Protected within is a china shop of delicate ornaments. Purple and ivory gorgonian fans—usually found much deeper—thrive in the darkness, and deeper into the labyrinth, peach-coloured oculina coral sprout from the roof of the cave. What other wonders might lurk unseen or misunderstood in the depths of Te Manawatawhi?

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