Hundertwasser Toilets – A Convenient Stop
Northland
Don’t let clinical, cold-metalled toilet seats goose pimple your road trip up north!
No, hold on until Kawakawa, gateway to the Bay of Islands and home to the king of all public conveniences: the Hundertwasser toilets.
A brightly coloured archway greets visitors as they arrive at this quintessential Northland town. Sculptured columns beckon those with crossed legs to make their way to its loos of renown.
Tufts of native grass adorn the roof, a tree is incorporated into the structure, and mosaic tiling, copper handwork, sculptures and cobblestone flooring abound.
Designed by internationally-renowned artist, ecologist and architect, Freidrich Hundertwasser, he recycled the community’s old glass bottles and reclaimed bricks, and incorporated these into the only structure he ever built in the Southern Hemisphere.
Outside this very quirky and creative structure, you’ll see other gems: vivid pottery columns, mosaic shop fronts, an adobe bench seat, and little railway carriage tiles that pave a route in the footpath (drawing upon the town’s old coal mining past) leading to the little vintage railway station at the end of town.
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