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Greville hot air baths treatment

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Greville hot air baths treatment

The Greville hot air bath applied hot air to a patient for therapeutic purposes.These men are being treated at the Rotorua bathhouse around 1926. The spa was marketed vigorously in the 1920s, and this photograph was probably part of the promotional effort.

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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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Malcolm McKinnon, Volcanic Plateau region – Geothermal tourism and spas, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15160/greville-hot-air-baths-treatment (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.