Blue Baths

The Blue Baths is a heritage-listed geothermal baths building located in the Government Gardens. The first Blue Baths opened in 1886 and stood until it was demolished in 1932 when the present building was constructed. In 2021, the Blue Baths closed to the public following a seismic assessment.

Books

Rockel, Ian. (1986). Taking the waters: early spas in New Zealand. Government Printing Office Publishing.

Stafford, D. M. (1986). Founding years of Rotorua: a history of events to 1900. Ray Richards; Rotorua District Council.

Stafford, D. M. (1988). The new century in Rotorua: a history of events from 1900. Ray Richards Publisher; Rotorua District Council.

Newspaper and magazine articles

Andrews, P. (1996, July). Rotorua's Blue Baths. New Zealand Historic Places, (59), 25-26.

Carroll, P. (2003, Autumn). Rotorua's Blue Baths: restored to art glory. Heritage New Zealand, (88), 30-33.

Reports and Council publications

Rotorua District Council. (1996). Conservation plan for Blue Baths Rotorua

Newsletters

Blue Baths. (2000). The Blue Baths news.

Research files
(Rotorua Library use only – Don Stafford Room)

Andrews, P. (2020). Phil Andrews research notes: Blue Baths. [Unpublished research file]. Rotorua Library, Rotorua, New Zealand

Online resources

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. (n.d.). Blue Baths. Heritage New Zealand. https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/5394/Blue%20Baths

Zokoroa. (2023, November). Rotorua Blue Baths. DigitalNZ. https://digitalnz.org/stories/5e95042a170ee600099dc4ce