Te Pou Toetoe: Linwood Pool

"Awesome local resource! It's not very big but it's laid out well. The main pool is set up for lanes with a couple for aqua jogging. Very accessible too - it has ladders, steps and a ramp. There are sometimes inflatables for kids. There's also a spa, a smaller kids pool, a wet area for bubbas, and a manu pool. Great facilities too, showers, spacious changing rooms and separate family rooms. Good parking and accessible entry too. The Weka room is able to be hired and opens up to the park, great for events and can add on hiring the kitchen too. It's a great space but isn't very well equipped (only has basic plates, cutlery and cups)."

"Lovely, helpful and knowledgeable staff. Plenty of lifeguards, just pity the pool isn't of Olympic length and there's only 2 lanes dedicated to doing laps. They have a small but deep (2.3m) for "Manu's" , named the "Manu Pool". Translation, it's purely for people wanting to do bombs and make a big splash. Personally I used it for diving, but really is no deep enough for any kind of dive other than standard. Kids seem to love it. Only $3.50 to hire togs if you don't have any (or forgot them) and small discount on entry fee for community service card holders. Membership for pool entry available, you need to be going at least 3 times a week for it to be worth it. There is a gym also, of which all I know is that you can get a membership that includes gym & pool."

"Awsome Manu pool kids loved that cool few things for the toddlers but would be cool if there was a bigger swimming pool for the kids instead of it being halfed for lane swimming cool staff they were very helpful and paiteint with other kids."

"We were there 9.00 am and it was very crowded. There were people in the medium lane floating very slowly up and down and holding up people who wanted to swim laps while the left lane which is for non or very slow swimmers only had two people in it. It would help if pool staff would keep an eye on this and direct people into the appropriate lanes"

"I love the spa so relaxing. The kids pool is bet cold. This swimming pool is not crowded it’s good if you want to relax."