RNZ explores how saunas are quietly becoming New Zealand’s new social spaces, places where people gather not for noise, but for calm. From mobile bathing trailers to handcrafted log cabins by the sea, the story traces how heat and ritual are finding their way back into modern life.
For Heritage, it is part of a broader movement: a return to craft, to stillness, and to the kind of wellness that endures.
From coastal sites to alpine settings,
we help create saunas that feel grounded in their surroundings.