[3] The hot springs consist of three naturally heated geothermal pools dug in 1880, which were extensively redeveloped in 2017 and 2018.
[2] Okoroire Hotel, a historic country pub built in 1889 from ancient-timber, is located nearby near the banks of the Waihou River.
[7] It made staff cutbacks in 2018, and the next year was forced to sell by the Overseas Investment Office after promised redevelopment had not occurred .
[8][9] In 2016, members of the Chiefs rugby team were accused of exposing themselves to a stripper during an end-of-season event at the hot springs.
[13][14] Okoroire was a flag station[15] near Rangipai School,[16] about 3 mi (4.8 km) west of the hotel,[17] on the Kinleith Branch, from 8 March 1886.