Aquatic Education Providers for Children

Water Skills For Life providers by region

Northland

Sport Northland

Renee Anderson Ph: 022 619 18297  reneea@sportnorth.co.nz 

Auckland

Swimming New Zealand

Moe Richardson Ph: 021 804 326 moe@swimming.org.nz 

Danielle Strom - South Auckland danielle@swimming.org.nz 021 249 3939

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

Swimming New Zealand

Wendy Smith - Waikato wendy@swimming.org.nz 029 770 5252

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

Swimming New Zealand

Janette Murphy - Hawkes Bay janette@swimming.org.nz 027 788 1615

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

Swimming New Zealand

Lauren McLellan - Wellington   lauren@swimming.org.nz 0212843297

Porirua City Council - Dash Swim School

Contact: Phil Waggott Ph: 04 237 1370, PWaggott@pcc.govt.nz

Marlborough/Tasman

Sport Tasman

Chris Pugh, 03 5467910, chris.p@sporttasman.org.nz

Christchurch

Swimming New Zealand

Jackie Mander - Canterbury, jackiem@swimming.org.nz

0272 409 627

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

Kate McRae, 0800 111 117, kate@reap.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 go to www.water skills.org.nz