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Bathing, Hanmer Springs

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Bathing, Hanmer Springs

These men were photographed soaking in the warm springs at Hanmer, about 1900. Nude sex-segregated bathing was common at spas until well into the 20th century.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, J. M. Marks Collection (PAColl-1629)

Reference: 1/1-000359; G

by J. M. Marks

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Thermal pools and spas – Government spas, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6452/bathing-hanmer-springs (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 2 March 2009.