Kiwa Pools

Kia ora everyone,

Swim the Distance starts on Saturday 1 August. With some great spot prizes and our updated data entry system, this year's challenge is shaping up to be a fantastic lead-in to the Mount Everest Challenge. Both events are designed to support your health and wellbeing as we head into spring and summer.

If you participated in Swim the Distance last year, the system will automatically show your progress this year compared with your previous results.

A reminder that our inflatables will be available most weekends:

Large inflatable: Saturdays
Small inflatable: Sundays (following Flipper Ball)

August 22nd and 23rd - Surf Lifesaving Pool Champs - Eastern Region
50m set up
Public swimming available
5.30am - 6am Saturday and Sunday
3pm - 6pm Sunday

Learn to Swim Pool
Public swimming available
5.30am - 7.30am Saturday and Sunday
5pm - 6pm Sunday

Looking ahead to the warmer months, our outdoor pools, dive pool, and hydroslide will reopen on Labour Weekend. Barbecue hire will also be available from this time.

We look forward to seeing you in the pool and taking on the challenge with us.

Ngā mihi,
The Kiwa Pools Team

🏊 Swim the Distance is Back for 2026! 🏊

Wow, where has the year gone? Spring is just around the corner, and to help bridge the gap, Swim the Distance is returning for August and September 2026!

This year, we're bringing back our popular iPad distance-entry system with an exciting new feature. If you participated in Swim the Distance last year, you'll be able to compare your progress and see how your distance stacks up against your 2025 achievements.

Spot Prizes – New for 2026

We're also changing the way spot prizes are awarded.

When a participant rings the bell to celebrate reaching their distance goal, we'll recognise their achievement and then draw a spot prize from everyone who has swum at least 1 kilometre during that week.

This change puts the focus on rewarding participants who are consistently swimming and working towards their personal goals throughout the challenge.

Recognition Event

To celebrate everyone's efforts, we'll be holding a Recognition Event on:

📅 Sunday, 11 October 2026
🕑 2.00 pm

The venue will be confirmed closer to the date, but feel free to add it to your calendar now.

We look forward to seeing you in the pool and helping you achieve your distance goal this year. Good luck, and happy swimming! 🌊🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

SWIM THE DISTANCE

WOW where has the year gone, already heading towards spring and to help bridge that gap our swim the distance is back.

August and September 2026 brings back our Ipad distance entry with an exciting new feature. If you did the swim the distance last year, you will be able to see how you are tracking distance wise this year compared to last year.

Spot prizes will work slightly differently this year as well. When someone rings the bell for making the distance, we will acknowledge this person and then draw a spot prize for anyone that has swam at least 1km that week. This places the focus on making rewarding swim the distance participants are consistently swimming and trying to get to your goal.

A recognition event will be held on the 11th of October at 2pm, look out for the location closer to the time, but you can pop this into your calendar now.

Pool Lifesaving Championships this Sunday 2pm-6pm

Please note that the Learn to Swim Pool and the 50m Pool are being used between this time and will not be available for recreational swimming.

We are starting to recruit for our summer lifeguard team

check this out if you are interested with working with us

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No 50m set up this Monday - sorry about the late notice. will be set up as 50m for Friday and Monday next week as per normal.

Please note NO Flipper ball today or Thursday, it has been postponed until next week.

Look forward to seeing you then

Tuesday 10-12.30 and Thursday 10-12.30

The large inflatable will be in the pool today from 10am-3pm

School Holidays just starting

🏰 Inflatable Sessions
💣 Bombing Sessions
⚽ Flippa Ball
🐟 Aqua Kids
🌊 Waterworld
🏊 Comet Swim Meet

are all occurring over these July school holidays.

Aqua Kids - is our whanau friendly aqua fitness class
Wednesday in week 1
Wednesday and Friday of week 2.
11am - 11.45am

Flippa ball in association with our wonderful Water Polo club - Tuesday and Thursday week 1 - 10am - 12.30pm (Younger kids)
Tuesday Week 2 - 10am -12.30pm (Older Kids)

Comet swimming club has its winter swim meet on the last weekend of the school holidays 🙂 swim fast everyone 🙂 Please contact Comet for registrations and enrolments.

Water World is here over Matariki weekend 🙂

Our large inflatable will be in
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of the first week
Monday, Wednesday and Friday of the second week
10am - 3pm

Our small inflatable will be in
Wednesday in the first week
Tuesday and Thursday of the second week

While the Dive pool is closed for winter, don't worry - for our "Manu community" on the hour for 15 minutes, we will be having Manu's and diving in the 50m pool, all supervised by lifeguards off our Bulkhead.

There are intensive swimming lessons during the second week of the school holidays, call reception to find the time that is suitable for your child.

If you are travelling away, safe travels and the team at Kiwa Pools looks forward to seeing you :)

We're coming back to Kiwa pools in Gisborne for Matariki weekend.

Hope you have ya tickets?