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Kōrero: Thermal pools and spas

The Aix massage

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The Aix massage

One popular treatment for muscular and joint complaints was the Aix massage, based on a system used at the French spa of Aix-les-Bains. It involves massage under jets of thermal water. It was first used at Rotorua in the early 1900s and has stood the test of time, as this recent photograph from Rotorua’s Queen Elizabeth hospital shows.

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QE Health, Rotorua

by Graeme Murray

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Nancy Swarbrick, Thermal pools and spas – The end of a dream, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6584/the-aix-massage (accessed 25 June 2026).

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