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Hot pools at Whakarewarewa have traditionally been used for cooking food, which was lowered into the water in flax bags. As the teapots indicate, the temperature was also hot enough to make tea.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Cowan Collection (PAColl-3033)
Reference: 1/2-066389; F
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