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Polynesian Spa, Rotorua - click for more.

Bathers enjoy the "healing waters" of Rotorua’s famous Polynesian Spa

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There’s no better way to click into holiday mode than to soak in a thermal pool and indulge in a relaxing therapeutic massage or beauty treatment.

New Zealand is located where two tectonic plates of the earth’s crust meet. This causes a large amount of geothermal activity, so enjoying hot mineral pools has always been a part of the New Zealand way of life.

The larger cities offer luxurious day spas that make an ideal start to your holiday in New Zealand. Quiet retreats in the countryside or deep in the forest combine relaxing therapies with picturesque landscapes. In a day or two you’ll feel and look like a new person.

The country's natural hot pools and spas vary from smaller, spa-type pools to larger thermally heated pool complexes. Well known thermal pools and thermal pool complexes can be found in both the North and South Island, at Waiwera just north of Auckland, Rotorua and Taupo in the central North Island, and Hamner Springs in the South Island.