Dunedin’s new Mosgiel Pool to open in June

Dunedin’s new Te Puna o Whakaehu Mosgiel Pool will officially be opened on 19th June offering a fully accessible for everyone, with ramps into every pool.

The complex includes a leisure pool for recreational play, a learn-to-swim pool, hydrotherapy pool and spa pool. The main eight-lane 25m lap pool will feature timing touch pads at both ends, premium starting blocks, an accessibility ramp, and a soft rubber-like lining. The hydrotherapy pool will be available for rehabilitation, therapy and recovery.

As well as men’s and women’s changing rooms, it has five family changing rooms and two accessible changing rooms and gender neutral changing rooms.

The facility has been built with modern design philosophies in mind, featuring te reo Māori and braille signs.

The new facility will also have aquatic inflatables that will be put up during the school holidays.

It will be a hub for sports, catering for people who are experts in their fields – ocean swimming, water polo, underwater hockey, diving, kayak rolling and synchronised swimming.

Mayor of Dunedin Jules Radich, who will officially open the pool, says the pool is a significant achievement for the Mosgiel community and particularly the Taieri Community Facilities Trust, which raised $4 million towards the $19.2 million facility.

Mayor Radich notes “this is an exciting new facility for Mosgiel people and a fantastic showcase of everyone’s hard work. We listened to the community and have incorporated the features they wanted. This pool will make a world of difference to many families.”

This is a joint project between Dunedin City Council and the Taieri Community Facilities Trust. The DCC has been working with the Trust and Mosgiel community for several years on the pool project. The Trust raised more than $4 million towards the $19.2 million complex.

The Trust chairperson Irene Mosley says, “The Trust is delighted that the facility is about to open. This will be an amazing asset for our community, who have contributed generously to this major project.”

The public are invited to attend the official opening and on Saturday, 24th June a fun family event is being organised by the Trust at the pool. Public swimming will be free all day and from 10.30am to 3pm there will be a pool party with inflatables and free refreshments.

“We want everyone to have fun at this new facility. It is truly a facility for people of all ages. People can come here to go swimming, enjoy inflatables and toys in the leisure pool, soak in the spa or try aqua jogging in the hydrotherapy pool,” Mayor Radich added.

The complex is being built by Cook Brothers Construction.

The new facility replaces a pool originally built in 1937, called the Taieri Baths. This was only open seven months of the year. The new facility will be open year-round and will suit the needs of Mosgiel’s growing population.

Images. Credit: Mosgiel Taieri Community Board