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Omarama (Māori: Ōmarama) is a small town (population 291 as of the 2018 census) ... a school library and a covered solar heated pool on a 11938 square metre site.
Typical North Otago landscape, looking north from near Herbert The town of Oamaru, North Otago's principal settlement. North Otago is an area in New Zealand that covers the area of the Otago region between Shag Point and the Waitaki River, and extends inland to the west as far as the village of Omarama (which has experienced rapid growth as a developing centre for astronomy and for gliding).
List of hot pools, temperatures, flow rates, etc. in Geothermal Resources In New Zealand An Overview: Trevor M. Hunt, Wairakei Research Centre, Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Ltd 1998 Archived 2022-10-26 at the Wayback Machine; Geology of Naike hot springs, Waikato
The hot mineral water emerges from the ground at a temperature of 124 °F/51 °C. [4] The water composition is sodium carbonate type, with large proportions of silica. [3] The sulphurous hot mineral water flows from the source into several rock-lined soaking pools where it is cooled to between 108 °F and 110 °F.
Since ancient times, humans have used hot springs, public baths and thermal medicine for therapeutic effects. [3] Bathing in hot, mineral water is an ancient ritual. The Latin phrase sanitas per aquam means "health through water", involving the treatment of disease and various ailments by balneotherapy in natural hot springs. [2]
Ahuriri Conservation Park is a protected area of 49,000 hectares including tussock grasslands, forest, and river habitat, located in Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, and centred around the headwaters of the Ahuriri River.
The Hot Pools were further extended in November 2020 with a new area for younger children to play on including a new waterslide. The Hanmer Springs Hot Pools also was the winner in the Luxury Hot Springs category at the 2020 World Luxury Spa Awards. [36] [37] At peak times, the hot pools can play host to 5000 people each day. [5]
The hot springs consist of three naturally heated geothermal pools dug in 1880, which were extensively redeveloped in 2017 and 2018. [4] The pools are surrounded by bush and ferns. [ 5 ] During the late 19th century the pools were used by the sick for treatment and by Māori women to cleanse after giving birth.