This was posted 6 months ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

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Free Swimming at Coastguard Partner Pools in July When You Nominate a Swimming Distance & Raise $100 in Donations @ Big Swim

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Free Swimming at Coastguard Partner Pools in July When You Nominate a Swimming Distance & Raise $100 in Donations @ Big Swim
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535 on 22/06/2024 - 20:14 bigswim.org.nz (710 clicks)
Last edited 23/06/2024 - 13:59 by 1 other user

So this one's a little different, but for a great cause both for the organisation and as a way to get more comfortable in the water and increase fitness in the winter.

The Big Swim is a chance for all water lovers to play their part in ensuring that everyone can enjoy Aotearoa New Zealand’s waters safely and with confidence – from seasoned boaties, to kayak enthusiasts, jet skiers, paddleboarders and more.

Participants nominate the distance they think they can swim in the month of July and ask their friends, family and colleagues to sponsor them as they clock up their swimming kilometres.

The funds raised will be used to keep Kiwis safe on the water – by helping to train and equip Coastguard's 2,000+ volunteers as well as fuelling and maintaining 106 rescue vessels across 63 units nationwide.

In order to take part you sign up - either solo or with a group you'd like to participate with - and commit to swimming a certain distance while gathering donations. At certain donation milestones you'll find rewards, the key one here being at $100 you are sent The Big Swim wrist band which grants you free swimming.

They have partnered up with the following pools/facilities that will grant you free access for all of July once you have raised the $100 in donations:

Northland

Little Dippers Aquatic Centre, Kerikeri
Whangārei Aquatic Centre

Auckland

Albany Stadium Pool
AUT Millennium Pool
Birkenhead Pool and Leisure Centre
CLM The Bays, St Johns
Franklin Pool & Leisure, Pukekohe
Glenfield Pool and Leisure Centre
Lloyd Elsmore Pools and Leisure Centre, Pakuranga
Manurewa Pool and Leisure Centre
Massey Park Pool, Papakura
Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Pool and Leisure Centre, Māngere
Mount Albert Aquatics Centre
Ōtāhuhu Leisure Centre
Ōtara Pool and Leisure Centre
Papatoetoe Centennial Pools
Stanmore Bay Pool and Leisure Centre
Tepid Baths, Central Auckland
Takapuna Pool and Leisure Centre
West Wave Pool and Leisure Centre, Henderson

Waikato

Gallagher Aquatic Center, Hamilton
South Waikato Indoor Pools, Tokoroa
Thames Centennial Pool
Waterworld, Hamilton

Bay of Plenty

Whakatāne Aquatic Centre

Hawke's Bay

Wairoa Community Centre & Sport Hawkes Bay

Manawatū-Whanganui

Freyberg Community Pool, Palmerston North North
Lido Aquatic Centre, Palmerston North
Splashhurst, Ashhurst
Splash Centre, Whanganui

Wellington

Ōtaki Pool
Trust House Recreation Centre, Masterton

Tasman

Richmond Aquatic Centre

Nelson

Riverside Pool

Marlborough

Marlborough Lines Stadium 2000, Blenheim

West Coast

Westland Recreation Centre, Greymouth

Canterbury

Hanmer Springs Thermal Pool and Spa
Selwyn Aquatic Centre

Otago

Alexandra Pool
Alpine Aqualand, Queenstown
Cromwell Pool
Wanaka Recreation Centre

Southland

Southland Aquatic Centre - Splash Palace, Invercargill

(Links to each participating facility can be found here.)

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  • bilberry on 22/06/2024 - 20:45
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    Not a deal or freebie I suppose

    • 535 on 22/06/2024 - 21:01
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      Depends on how you look at it, and I did struggle with how to post this here because of that. In principle, no it's not either.

      In practice, though, it is a freebie if you view it from a pure charity perspective. Someone who is very good at raising money from others wouldn't have to put in a cent and get free access to pools for the whole month.

      Alternatively, it could be considered a deal if you imagine someone going swimming 20 times in a month - at the Tepid Baths that would cost $162 for 2x 10 concession passes, but here it's $100 for charity. You can also go 'pool hopping', especially those in Auckland who want to experience facilities around the city without having to pay single access prices for each one.

      But I agree and fully concede it's a tricky one to consider a deal, and I'm happy to hear thoughts on whether this should be here or not.

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