AUCKLAND, New Zealand, [August 2026] – New Zealanders are buying spa pools to escape three things: pain, stress and their phones. The research landed in the same winter New Zealanders voted Hot Spring the country’s most trusted spa pool and sauna brand in the 2026 Reader’s Digest Trusted Brands Awards. A word from Hot Spring Spas New Zealand“Running cost is now the first question in almost every showroom conversation, before jets, before seating, before anything. Aaron Sampson, General Manager, Hot Spring Spas New ZealandAbout Hot Spring Spas New ZealandHot Spring Spas is New Zealand’s most trusted spa pool and sauna brand (awarded by Reader’s Digest Trusted Brands in May 2026), selling spa pools, swim spas, cold plunge, modular pools and saunas. Hot Spring spa pools are manufactured by Watkins Wellness, the world’s largest spa manufacturer, which has sold more than 2.4 million spas since 1980.