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Kōrero: Youth organisations

Dawn bath

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Dawn bath

YMCA members wash themselves in a stream in the Hūnua Ranges. They rose at 6 a.m. to enjoy a cold-water bath. Such spartan activities in outdoor settings were seen as character-building. The YMCA developed campsites where members could stay overnight and take part in outdoor activities.

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Helen Dollery, Youth organisations – Christian youth organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/29498/dawn-bath (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Helen Dollery, i tāngia i te 26 April 2011.