Mega Mania is a complex of passages, which extends over 15 kilometres. It is now the fourth-largest cave system in New Zealand, surpassed only by the massive cave systems in Mount Owen and Mount Arthur in Kahurangi National Park. Most other New Zealand cave systems similar to Mega Mania have suffered irreversible damage as a result of poor management and disrespectful use by cavers. The discovery of Mega Mania has perhaps given us one last opportunity to properly preserve a cave system in its original state.
NEIL SILVERWOOD
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Forest and Bird, Issue 297, 1 August 2000, Page 17
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88Mega Mania is a complex of passages, which extends over 15 kilometres. It is now the fourth-largest cave system in New Zealand, surpassed only by the massive cave systems in Mount Owen and Mount Arthur in Kahurangi National Park. Most other New Zealand cave systems similar to Mega Mania have suffered irreversible damage as a result of poor management and disrespectful use by cavers. The discovery of Mega Mania has perhaps given us one last opportunity to properly preserve a cave system in its original state. NEIL SILVERWOOD Forest and Bird, Issue 297, 1 August 2000, Page 17
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