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… Normal human body temperature is 37°C, and a comfortable bath temperature is about 40°C. Hotter than that, things get …
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Part of story: Life in hot springs
… were discovered by local runholder William Jones in 1859. Bathing facilities were opened in 1883. Swimmers’ signals …
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Part of story: Canterbury places
… Paewai. She prepared medicine from kōwhai bark for Nēpia to bathe in, and nicked his leg in affected areas. Two weeks …
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Part of story: Rongoā – medicinal use of plants
… most of the introduced species can be found here. A bird bath or a bird feeder close to the house is a great place to …
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Part of story: Birdwatching
… spa town of Rotorua in 1901. On 20 May the railway station, baths and sanatorium were electrically lit for the first …
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Part of story: Hydroelectricity
… which are being trialled include the common New Zealand bath sponge ( Spongia manipulatus ), the sea urchin, and the …
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Part of story: Aquaculture
… tapu on a waterway could prevent any use of it – drinking, bathing, fishing or using a canoe. A forest, or part of a …
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Part of story: Te tāhere manu – bird catching
… people – with its geothermal soils, cooking, heating, bathing and strategic lake access, had the best location in …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… used by Māori for treating illness, cooking, heating and bathing. They were also the early focus of tourism in New …
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Part of story: Te tāpoi Māori – Māori tourism
… horse vehicles, the town hall was built and Te Aro Baths constructed. It was said that he always helped those …
Type: Biography
… up again near the Chatham Rise, east of the South Island. Bathed by relatively warm water from the subtropics, New …
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Part of story: Ocean currents and tides
… areas of traditional significance, pā tuna (eel weirs), bathing places and places where cloaks were washed. They …
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Part of story: Māori Land Court – Te Kōti Whenua
… at Whakarewarewa are an example. They are far too hot for bathing, and need to be cooled by trickling over cool …
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Part of story: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers
… tea room and camp site. The springs were a traditional bathing spot for the Ngāti Rākaipaaka hapū. In the 1880s …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… Springs thermal resort, where there is sex-segregated bathing in a Japanese-style bathhouse, as well as outdoor …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… a western extension of St Kilda beach, and has salt-water baths. Substantial houses line the streets on the slopes …
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Part of story: Otago places
… We were not to gather firewood on a Sunday, or fish, or bathe.’ 1 These pastimes declined through the second half of …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro
… vans make house calls. Some animal spas offer aromatherapy baths, massages and ‘pawdicures’ (pet pedicures). Natural …
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Part of story: Pets
… work for the Trinity Wesleyan Church at their premises in Bath Street. Such pioneering social work paved the way for …
Type: Biography
… and are significant export items. With its long coastline bathed in cool ocean waters, New Zealand is ideally suited …
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Part of story: Aquaculture