The design of public toilets in New Zealand has changed radically over the past 100 years, says Dunedin's “Loo Lady” Alison Breese. She started researching the subterranean public loos, which were the first public conveniences built for women in Dunedin in 1910. DOC/Supplied Dunedin toilets (clockwise from top left): the women's entrance in the Octagon; the Manor Place loos; the men's entrance in the Octagon; the lower London Street toilets. "There were no public toilets for women at all in Dunedin before that time, which is quite late in time period. Toilets were then designed with graffiti-proof stainless steel surfaces, but that did not stop people vandalising public loos, Breese said.

Source: Stuff January 16, 2021 23:21 UTC