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Fun at the Kiwa Pools

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Pool-goers enjoy a drenching in one of the pools. Pictures by Paul Rickard

Enjoying the attractions at the facility were Teowaini Gibson, giving Sina Gibson-Tui a lift.

Lucy Garrett.

Several sessions at the new Kiwa Pools were booked out on Saturday as the complex opened to the public for the first time. People could book into two-hour sessions over the weekend, starting at 8am, with a limit of 200 per block. Between 10.30am and 5.30pm on Saturday the pool was at capacity.

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