Tour de Toilet - New Zealand's

    New Zealand public toilets are plentiful - most often unisex single stalls with strong flushes. A lot of the toilets have water saving two button flush system, but the signage for which is the large amount of water flush vs the small amount is usually obfuscated, incomprehensible, or simply unmarked.

Hallelujah, it's labeled!

Relatively few places (less than half) have gender-assigned toilets, mainly large institutional bathrooms like schools and airports.  Most toilets are single-stall cubicles with narrow walls and narrower sinks.

The long drop toilet is likely what you'll encounter at the more remote trailheads. This is a lovely and succinct way to describe what should go in the toilet, point three really hammers it home.

This toilet in my Wellington Airbnb was unhinged, it opened its lid every time the bathroom door opened.  Unnecessarily evoking a real "Feed me, Seymour" vibe.  Look at all those spray pattern options, you could really make art with that bidet.

At the Arataki honey store.

Bedpans in the hospital were referred to as "slipper pans."  This was an older model ceramic one, which is probably more comfortable than the plastic version but cold and heavy as hell.  

These public toilets (the exeLoo) is often in public parks and near playgrounds.  They have a timer, and a voice tells you as soon as you open the door that "You have 10 minutes and then the door will unlock automatically."  Then the tannoy will intone unhinged muzak (covers of Big Band era music).

Look at how pleasing the hobbit sink in Hobbiton was.  All that extra decoration in the tile!

The toilet in the hobbit hole you can explore at Hobbiton.  There were some logistical problems, given that this is an outhouse in the middle of a house built into a hillside where is the ventilation?  Gotta give mad props to the attention to detail though, because there was even toilet paper on a hook.

I bet hobbits don't have to worry about black snakes in their privvy.

    The most notable downside of the plumbing in New Zealand is loud drains. While the toilet flushes are strong, and showers have good water pressure, they also have the LOUDEST drains I have ever experienced. Wash your hands and you will learn which walls house all the trickles and tingles echo through the building. Drains are just as loud in public buildings such as the library or hospital as in residential homes.