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Kōrero: Thermal pools and spas

The Greville hot-air bath

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The Greville hot-air bath

In the heyday of the spa some seemingly bizarre treatments were offered. For instance, this hot-air bath exposed the patient to intense dry heat from electric wires. The two men are being treated for shoulder and leg problems at the Rotorua bathhouse in 1926.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Railways Collection (PAColl-5167)

Reference: PA1-f-051-27-3

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Thermal pools and spas – Health benefits, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6482/the-greville-hot-air-bath (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.