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Kōrero: Washing, cleaning and personal hygiene

Bathroom, 2013

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Bathroom, 2013

This is a typical early-21st-century bathroom, with a simple white vanity unit, tiled floor and minimal decoration. Shower-only bathrooms had become common by then, but more spacious bathrooms often had a bath too.

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Private collection

by Mike Hill

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Kerryn Pollock, Washing, cleaning and personal hygiene – Bathing and personal hygiene, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40797/bathroom-2013 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 19 July 2013.