By Brett Lackey For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 03:01 GMT, 21 February 2019 | Updated: 04:16 GMT, 21 February 2019
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Incredible pictures have emerged showing a once-popular thermal water park in New Zealand now in a derelict state.
The complex is built around hot underground springs located at Waiwera, just north of Auckland, and contains 26 pools and various slides.
At its peak the attraction saw more than 350,000 visitors enter the gates each year and was the largest water park in the country.
Incredible pictures show a once popular thermal water park in New Zealand now in a derelict state
This picture shows a water slide known as 'The Twister' and, while still standing, is dry and looks weathered
Pictures now show the site plastered with caution signs and looking weathered with the pools drained or half-filled with stagnant water.
One photograph shows one of the main covered swimming pools with