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The main source of water for the Cave Creek resurgence is a complex series of caves that are largely fed by water from
Bullock Creek. There is a hydraulic gradient from Bullock Creek to the Pororari River leading to significant subterranean flows southwards. The entire flow of Bullock Creek can
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were on a viewing platform built above a chasm looking down into the Cave Creek resurgence when the platform collapsed. They all fell about 30 metres into the chasm. 14 died and 4 were injured, some seriously. Lack of communications, the remote site, and the rough and difficult landscape
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sink underground at the Taurus Major submergence, close to the end of the
Bullock Creek road. The water flows 1.5 km underground to a resurgence in the Cave Creek canyon. The underground flows are an example of
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hindered rescue efforts. The disaster itself led to a
Commission of Inquiry, and then to health and safety reforms in New Zealand and upgrades to Department of Conservation facilities across the country.
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was renamed the Cave Creek
Memorial Track/Kotihotiho in 2020, as part of the 25 year remembrance of the disaster. There is a memorial on the side of the track to those who lost their lives.
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The section of track to Cave Creek from the intersection with the
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