Aquatic Education Providers for Children
Water Skills For Life providers by region
Northland
Sport Northland
Louise Collings Ph: 0274 141 467, louisec@sportnorth.co.nz
Auckland
Aktive - Auckland Sport & Recreation
Trudi Bridges, trudi.bridges@aktive.org.nz
Find Your Field of Dreams Foundation
Rick Pickard Ph: 027 688 9947, rick.pickard@fieldofdreams.org.nz
Drowning Prevention Auckland
Lynley Stewart, 64 9 306 0809, lynley.stewart@dpanz.org.nz
CLM Otahuhu Pool
Pare Tangaroa, 09 276 8207 pare@clmnz.co.nz
Waikato
Te Ripo Tapui Limited - Raglan
Mark Haimona Ph: 027 584 0408, m.haimona@xtra.co.nz
CLM Otorohanga and TeKuiti
Lynn Cartwright, 027 467 7053, swimmagic@clmnz.co.nz
Bay of Plenty
BayWave
Matthew Strange, 027 839 0556, matthew.strange@bayvenues.co.nz
CLM Rotorua
Claire Baylis, Swim Rotorua, cbaylis@xtra.co.nz
Hawkes Bay
Sport Hawke's Bay
Ryan Hambleton Ph: 06 845 9336, ryanh@sporthb.net.nz
Gisborne
Swim for Life Tairawhiti Charitable Trust
Carl Newman Ph: 021 839 776, carlnewman@xtra.co.nz
Taranaki
Swimming New Zealand
Cecilie Elliott, Ph: 021 278 2052, cecilie@swimming.org.nz
Whanganui
Swimming New Zealand
Cecilie Elliott, Ph: 021 278 2052, cecilie@swimming.org.nz
Manawatu
Zac Topping, 027 226 7808, manawatu@kellysport.co.nz
Wellington
Porirua City Council - Dash Swim School
Contact: Phil Waggott Ph: 04 237 1370, PWaggott@pcc.govt.nz
Marlborough/Tasman
Sport Tasman
Gina Persico, 03 546 7910, gina.p@sporttasman.org.nz
Christchurch
Christchurch City Council
Tracey Hickman, 03 941 6902, tracey.hickman@ccc.govt.nz
South Canterbury/Otago
Sport Otago
Scarlett Hagen, 03 474 6414, s2s@sportotago.co.nz
Southland
Sport Southland
Martin Mackereth, 03 208 3846, martin.mackereth@sportsouthland.co.nz
Beach Education or Surf to School
Surf Life Saving New Zealand
For Auckland, Waikato or Northland email: education@lifesaving.org.nz
For the rest of New Zealand email: surfeducation@surflifesaving.org.nz
Safe Boating Education
Coastguard Boating Education
Sarah Psaila Ph: 022 1978 295, safeboating@boatingeducation.org.nz
Water Skills For Life teacher professional development:
Swimming New Zealand
National enquiries, Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and Wellington
Davin Bray, 021 681 503, Davin@swimming.org.nz
Auckland
Moe Richardson, 021 804 326, Moe@swimming.org.nz
Waikato, Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu
Cecilie Elliott, 021 278 2052, cecilie@swimming.org.nz
South Island
Leanne Stocks, 00211 159 6652, educationcanterbury@swimming.org.nz
Drowning Prevention Auckland
Lynley Stewart, 64 9 306 0809, lynley.stewart@dpanz.org.nz
For further information about Water Skills for Life, contact Michelle Reidy at Water Safety New Zealand: wsnz@watersafety.org.nz or phone 04 801 9600
AUSTSWIM
National enquiries
Esther Hone-Moore, 027 574 5066, esther@austswim.co.nz