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These pools are one of the most fab ways I have ever found to get some real time-out!...... a multitude of different cozy pools, ranging in temperature so the whole family is relaxed and happy :-) be warned---> my eight year old usually takes around 20 minutes after arriving before she will unclamp her nose :p truly an awesome place to stop while visiting Northland! xox [Jules, Auckland NZ]

I had gone to Ngawha springs with a friend & previously b4 going there my eye had a continuous leaky tear duck for 2months the doctors had given me all they could for the 2months ointments eye drops pills etc the next step for the doctors was a tear duck operation i had been told from them prior to last appointment, but before making that was to happen with being reffed to the op my friend took me to ngawha & so when we got there we asked them about it & they told us to try the bulldog pool & they said to close my eye then with the water wash it closed & wait for the eyes to dry off & not to open them till dried & so i did all that , Yes ma eye kept leaking but slowly for a a few days then2weeks later the leaking had stopped from my right eye i couldn't believe it there was no more leaking i had taken 2 weeks but i am now & always going to be a believer & recommend people to go there & try it don't ask for the miracle srt8 away because you'll notice it within a day to a few weeks.... MEAN MAORI MEAN KA PAI NGAWHA

Liana Dean - warkworth
Rating: 10/10 31st January 2012
This was surprisingly good, was a bit shocked initially at how run down it was, but then I was struck by how cheap it was $10 for all 3 of us, and the frendlieness of the woman there, she was very hospitable and went out of her way explaining the place to every visitor (Including telling them to stay out of Bulldog as it was 52 degrees that day). The pools are a great mix, nearly 20 in all and they are totally natural and refreshing. I would definitely come back. Just a couple of minor gripes, one being the mens bathroom have a few holes in the floor and some parts of the complex have steps that crush on the edge and the path between the two parts may be harsh on unshod feet. But still at $4 a piece this is an undiscovered gem waiting for you. However if you just want artificial commercial luxury stay at Waiwera, but for those purists this is almost how Maori bathed in the days before Europeans. It has great pools (Something for everyone including two heavenly cool pools - 24 degrees) and several very hot ones, but the bulk are 36 -40 degrees and like the host said, you should start in Tane Mahuta as this pool is the largest and its got the best temperature. Do be wary of the storage, as the shed had bird poop on the floor and best to waer jandals and take them around the complex with you. The very friendly kuia up the front will mind keys, money etc for you. Bring your own grub. But prepare for one of the most value for money and true kiwi experiences there is. I think you should go here as well as its a local Maori enterprise and shows us all the positive and real side of Maoridom.

Tane McManus - Christchurch/New Zealand
Rating: 10/10 29th January 2012
The real deal for those looking for proper thermal hot pools, not some concrete aquatic theme park. The things that might not appeal to some (very basic, almost homemade sort of feel) are exactly what makes this place such a gem. This is as real as you can get with murky volcanic (and smelly !) pools of varying temperatures from coolish to almost cook you if you're game. Picture a volcanic area with multiple bubbling springs, line them with some wooden liners and lay a few footpaths and thats nga wha. At $4 an adult you simply couldn't get better at many times the price. Locals were great too - very cruisey sort of place

Phil - Auckland New Zealand
Rating: 9/10 10th January 2012
A privilege to join the local community and other visitors in these wonderful pools. Many thanks to everyone for the warm welcome and chat while we soaked in 'Tane Mahuta' and 'Doctor' and all the other pools. Not 'Bulldog' though. At this hotsprings there are even springs coming up in the car park!

Anthea - Australia
Rating: 10/10 3rd January 2012
Stopped off at Ngawha Springs by chance and loved it. The whole family (including 2 teenage girls) were a bit unsure at first given the murky water but once we went for it we had a wonderful time. left feeling very relaxed, loved the mud and heat - what a great unspoilt place. Go and experience this - you will not be disappointed

joanna - london
Rating: 10/10 31st December 2011
Ngawha springs was cool highly recommend the place i would go there again next week :)

Anne - NEW ZEALAND
21st November 2011
Totally awsum healing time had... Recommended.

Yvonne Menary - Northland NZ
Rating: 9/10 20th July 2011
What a wonderful magical place, best visited at night. Just to soak up the natural goodness under starlight in the company of friends was a tonic. Hope it stays simple and uncommercialised. Thanks for sharing with a "pommie"

Denise Hardy - Hull, UK
Rating: 10/10 19th June 2011
Ngawha pools are superb and absoulutely beautiful in every kind of way... They are healing, invigorating, and such a spendorous way to end youre day. They are full of minerals that our human bodies need and you even have a good sleep. I highly reccomend everyone 2 try it out, once you know and feel what it does for youre body you will overcome the smell, and remember not to shower after if u want to get the full effects of the healing power...enjoy Ngawha givit as try, youve got nufin to loose and so much to gain...a sense of wellbeing and vitality...

Turehene - Kaikohe
Rating: 10/10 15th June 2011
This place was actually a horrific experience! It was dirty, smelly and just plain gross. The change rooms were nasty and the pools so dirty and smelly we stayed for about one minute and fled.

Kirsten West - Wellington
Rating: 1/10 24th February 2011
Just had my 3rd visit to Ngawha springs, and it really is right up there with the best thermal pools in the world. It's as run down and old school as you could possibly get...... but because of that it is simply perfect It really is a relaxing, healing & spiritually magical place Just loved it

richard - new zealand
Rating: 9/10 16th January 2011
These pools were the highlight of my recent visit to NZ. I am glad we went AFTER being to the Polynesian Spa in Rotorua -- the Polynesian Spa was great, but the hot springs in Ngawha were out of this world! Met some great local folks in the baths who filled us in on the history, and were just generally wonderful.

Brian Feldman - Canada
Rating: 10/10 24th December 2010
Whanau used to take me to Ngawha when I was a child. This place has been in my viens ever since. Now when I go home to the Hokianga, I go to Ngawha with my Aussie born Whanau. Now this place is in their viens. Kia ora.

Morgan Diamond - Geelong, Australia
Rating: 10/10 18th October 2010
I have fantastic memories of these pools from a few years back. The main one is of the smell which permeated all the clothes in my bag for weeks to come. Loved it and long to return.

David Perry - Auckland
Rating: 10/10 8th June 2010
I couldnt have got through my last trimester, being pregnent without ngawha pools. Favourite is the one for hapu women. I love it. Went there as often as i cld at dark time under the stars. Would get a better sleep, relax me an baby and no more aches. Works like magic! Must try it..
Awesome to take the whanau for a relaxing, healing soak up. Our whanau love it. The white mud works wonders on your skin, leaving your skin soft an shiny! Smells abit, but knowing that its a natural earth smell, it dosnt bother me. My 5yr old and 1yr old sons love it too.
Highly recomend to all pregnent women. Aches an pains, grumpy moods, cant sleep, cramps- have a soak up at ngawha pools and i promise u will feel much better afterwards. Fantastic and great for the whole whanau. Better to swim jst goin on dark, closes at 9pm. Under the stars, in the rain. Lovely!

Grace eruera - Northland nz
Rating: 10/10 31st May 2010
I've been to thermal baths all over the world and all over NZ. These are way up there with the best! Amazing and a must visit in Northland!

Stuart Ewing - United Kingdom
Rating: 10/10 15th May 2010
Still as relaxing as ever almost completely unchanged from my memories of the place when i went there as a child 20+ years ago , Friendly staff and great value only $4 an adult. facilitys very basic but clean.

james - Tamaki
Rating: 10/10 21st February 2010
I've had the absolute privilege of experiencing the healing waters of Ngawha Springs twice now (2009) - both in Winter and Spring...both times were wonderful - the people you meet, locals and tourists really make it a friendly and welcoming place to relax and be oneself. I give this a 9/10 solely because there are no cold water showers to rinse off immediately after, otherwise AMAZINGLY FANTASTIC. Without a doubt I'm coming back 2010 - with more of my Samoan friends!

Juanita - Counties Manukau, Auckland
Rating: 9/10 7th February 2010
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sam
Rating: 10/10 14th December 2009
awesome pools for a day out the thermal pools are sooo cool my kids didnt like the smell much! but it took them longer to get out than it did to get in!!!

ngatihine - nz
Rating: 10/10 7th November 2009
So much fun just hopping from pool to pool, all the pools have a different colour and temperature, very low-fi but splendid

Ryan Cardno - Queenstown
Rating: 10/10 14th August 2009
What a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Sister and I decided to take our mother and aunties for a day out at the pools. Sooo relaxing, we all did not want to leave. 2 year old daughter thoroughly enjoyed it too. I thought the pools may have been to hot for her, but the baby and solomon were ideal. She did not want to leave. (Had to bribe her with food so she would get out.) Only got an 8 because my daughter slipped on the wet concrete by solomon pool and tripped and fell on the uneven surface of the carpark. Also witnessed an adult trip and fall in the same area. Ended the day by having a picnic in the carpark. Will return again very soon and perhaps arrive a lot earlier to take advantage of a full days soak.

Cheryl - Whangarei
Rating: 8/10 10th August 2009
Rheumatoid Arthritis, skin fungal problems (tinea etc) recurrent eye infections all respond well to soaking in the pools. Wish I could stay longer to get full benefit.

janice clarke - Mangonui County
Rating: 10/10 23rd July 2009
Ngawha springs is epic. Just a word of warning following on from Allan Bacon's comments, drinking the water at Ngawha is a bit risky. I think the black of the bulldog is caused by arsenic, no problem to sit in but probably could make you ill to drink.

Sam - NZ
Rating: 10/10 2nd June 2009
i was raised up in Ngawha and loved every minute there even the smell just looking for post cards of the pools when the Dolphins ran the hot pools please help

Darren Adlam - Australia
Rating: 10/10 14th March 2009
How wonderfull to return to Ngawha today and see it still origional. My Parents met there in the 1920's and we went back there as a family many times.Today was a special day for me to be there and I am happy there is still a part of Northland unsopilt by Being comercialised..Step back in time as i did (over 50yrs since i went there )and see it for yourself..

Bev - Whangarei
Rating: 8/10 16th May 2008
the most enjoyable jacuzzi ive ever had. did wonders for my skin and overall health.thoroughly invigorating leaves you feeling warm all over from the inside out. did wonders for my aches and pains and peace of mind. excellent for artheritis and rhuematics..would recommend a day at the pools when the weather is overcast and light drizzle, this is an awesome time for a bathe..however have been a part of the hole in the wall gang one night there at 2am which i highly recommend as the best time to go batheing..ha ha..save ngawha eva teiwa.

mallory - rangiputa karikari peninsula
Rating: 10/10 19th March 2008
The mud cured my Psoriasis - if you smooth it all over your body and leave on for as long as possible - ie overnight, then rinse off, it should disappear. It's good to go in summer as the most effective pools are the cooler ones, then let the sun dry the mud. It would be a bit chilly doing it in winter time.

Rae Garvie - Melbourne Australia
Rating: 10/10 6th December 2007
The First time i went to Ngawha, that was the first place my Nan took me to was the Ngawha Springs, as she is a local from there(Bertha Railey). It was the bestest thing ever was to see pure clay-mud springs. I talked about it for ages which turned into years, now that i am a mother i can't wait to take my own children there.

Desiree Smith - Nuhaka/Ōtaki
Rating: 9/10 2nd September 2007
anonymous
Rating: 9/10 16th March 2007
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rawiri
Rating: 1/10 6th February 2007
I went many years ago, and the pools were amazing. I know it's gross to talk about, but I had a skin condition that I'd had since I was a kid and treated with all sorts of ointments. One dip in a more lethal looking pool and a few days later it was gone forever!

Richard - NZ
Rating: 9/10 27th January 2007
Fantastic, great mud/sand wetness, hot, soothing and extremely relaxing. An out of the ark visit by all tourists.

Peny - Whangarei
Rating: 9/10 7th January 2007
anonymous
Rating: 10/10 22nd December 2006
Went a couple of times with friends. Thoughroughly enjoyed soaking in the different pools. Liked the 'soft 'option best Tane Mahuta. Kids loved it too. All the locals I met swore by it, many life long devotees. Some had carried the water to a sick relative who didnt want to miss out on hisdaily pilgrimage - he was in his 90's. When we visit agian Ngawha will be top of the list

Roch Dyer - Worcester UK
Rating: 10/10 13th December 2006
Ngawha springs is a great place for healing. me and my family go there as much as we can. Whenever a family member isnt feeling well or if there just plain ole sore, we go to Ngawha springs to soak up the menirals and all that good stuff. Its a great place and the people are awesome, most customers are locals from around the north, so they all pretty much know each other. Its great. Just beutiful. And the improvements that have been done to the place (garden's etc) just top it all off. Its cool.

Maia - Whangarei
Rating: 10/10 25th July 2006
NZ's best kept secret, Ngawha Springs. I met one bloke walking down to the Bulldog, 3 months after his initial 'dip' when they had to lower him into the pool from up top, because he was unable to walk down. He attributed his progress to the healing properties of the waters. There are 8 pools, each with a different, but natural, chemical makeup. Each of these pools is reputed to have a seperate healing function. Two gents I heard of went there first thing in the morning to drink the waters of one pool, that was reputed to have waters good for the eyesight. I do not know how true the claim is, but these blokes could still see better than most. They are in their late 80's and early 90's. Personally, I just enjoyed soaking in the waters as they were most relaxing.

Allan Bacon - Porirua, NZ
Rating: 8/10 15th June 2006
Lovely pools, charming atmosphere and hosts (it was a quiet day so they invited us to join their BBQ lunch). Would get a 10 but for the lack of showers. It was a hot day and there are shelters but not over the pools. One of the hosts kindly offered an umbrella so we wouldn't get sunburnt. A highlight and a bargain for the $5 entry fee.

Chiemi - Gunma, Japan
Rating: 9/10 18th December 2005
I love Ngawha springs. I sincerely hope that it never suffers from commercialisation or development as it is delightful and wholesomely homey just as it is.

Richard Wrigley - Australia
Rating: 8/10 9th November 2005
Great pools of different heats and composition. Like a pioneer outpost but welcoming people and basic facilities. Some pools are ridiculously hot but at least half of the 8 pools are glorious. There are specific healing qualities atributted to paticular pools. The murkiest and most unforgiving should be used to bathe the eyes and face, this knowledge from the local pensioners club who bathe regualrly, if not daily, and who are great company!

grace lee - Wales Uk
Rating: 8/10 29th July 2005

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