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Throwing coins, Whakarewarewa

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Throwing coins, Whakarewarewa

One of the attractions at Whakarewarewa village was a bridge from which tourists threw coins into the pool below. Māori children would gather in the pool and dive for the coins. This photograph was taken around 1910.

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Paul Tapsell, Te Arawa – Economic and social change, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3896/throwing-coins-whakarewarewa (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Tapsell, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.