Environment / Auckland Region

Auckland's subterranean lava caves

13:33 pm on 4 September 2018

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Underneath the Auckland CBD lie miles of jagged caves, hollowed out by ancient streams of lava.

Artist and architect Chirag Jindal has managed to map them by using cutting-edge satellite technology, and he's turned those caves into an art exhibition, Into the Underworld - part of the upcoming Festival of Architecture.

Chirag Jindal joins us from Auckland.