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Story: Ngāti Raukawa

Ōkoroire sanatorium

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Ōkoroire sanatorium

This larger view of the Ōkoroire hot springs was photographed by George Valentine in the 1880s. At this stage there was a sanatorium besides the springs. Today there is hotel and a golf course on the site, and water from the hot springs is still used for bathing.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-150982; F

by George Dobson Valentine

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Ngāti Raukawa – Early history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/144/okoroire-sanatorium (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.