Cave Rock / Tuawera
Volcanic seaside outcrop with a walk-through tidal cave, rock pools and a stone signal hut on top.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Cave Rock, or Tuawera, on Sumner Beach in Christchurch follows the rock as a playground: the tunnel the tide opens and closes, and the crowds who came out from the city to spend whole days beside it. It starts on a summer morning in nineteen oh six, with a packed steam tram leaving Cathedral Square, and touches the whale legend behind its Māori name. Best heard at low tide, standing on the sand by the cave mouth.
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