Artist Kereama Taepa and Redwoods Visitor Centre manager Julianne Wilkinson at the opening of the toilets in the Redwood Forest in 2013.
Rotorua's Redwood Forest Visitor Centre toilets have made the pages of a Lonely Planet travel guide.
Lonely Planet's Toilets: A Spotter's Guide was published yesterday.
The book's introduction states: "As any experienced traveller knows, you can tell a whole lot about a place by its bathrooms. Whatever you prefer to
call them - lavatory, loo, bog, khasi, thunderbox, dunny, washroom or water closet - toilets are a (sometimes opaque, often wide-open) window into the secret soul of a destination."
Eight toilets from New Zealand made the list, from Wellington's Lobster loos, to Golden Bay's Penguin privy, and two from the Milford Track. "Toilets so often transcend their primary function of being a convenience to become a work of art in their own right, or to make a cultural statement about the priorities, traditions and values of the venues, locations and communities they serve," the book states.
Rotorua Lakes Council sports and recreation manager Rob Pitkethley said it was great the Redwoods toilets had become an attraction in themselves.
