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A view from the loo

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A view from the loo

Inside the women’s toilets, designed by Hundertwasser, there are colourful and eccentric details, including tiles, bottle insets, coloured glass and ceramics.

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Claudia Orange, Northland places – The Waiōmio valley, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7818/a-view-from-the-loo (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Claudia Orange, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.