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Runanga swimming pool being rebuilt
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DescriptionCouncil manager Kevin Beams, left, fundraiser and pool trust head Chris Frogley, and Tony Kokshoorn.Map[1] ContributorTony Kokshoorn
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Location (city or town)RunangaPersonTony KokshoornKevin Beams Chris FrogleyLandmark (Place)Runanga swimming pool
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CommentsMel Higson Spent a lot of time here when we stayed at my grandparents Taft's,loved it here,had so much fun.
Gordon Dixon Spend a lot of time there good old days
Anna Therese Webster Oh how great!!
I dived in the deep end and pulled out by my blonde plaits by Brian O,Neil when I was 4 half
Jillian Pinn So many happy hours there.
Brenda Yorston Happy times played for hours there
Janice Oconnor Great memories of that pool
Elaine Barrow Just the best.
Margaret Moore So many happy hours spent there. Great times
Lyn Galvin The fun we had there as kids
Lynne Kokshoorn I wonder what year this is?
Elizabeth Mehrtens Carn,t see you there Kevin Waters must of been to fast
Helen Brennan We lived in the baths 3 times a day
Heather Buchanan Great memories of the Runanga Pool
Valerie Beavis It looks like the Reefton swimming pool also.
Anna Panther Gosh MEMORIES!!
Michael Buckland loved that swimming pool beth buchanan
Patricia Stephens My son cut his chin on that swimming pool. And one of my sons were drowning and his brother jumped in saved him.
Trish Rennie Big bombers n belly flops! Spent most of our summer days there as children...loved it.
Garry Woods I got stamps on my swimming certificate there in 1963 for floating on my back and floating across the width
Jennie McKinnon Lived in that pool..Even when it was raining ...
Peter Gray Paid old Ivan a penny a swim back in the mid 50's, 1 1/2 flip on the high board, used to live there, if the gate wasn't open you jumped the fence
Joy Devereux I practically lived in that pool ! Fabulous memories I loved living in Runanga
Bronwyn Gray Best times at Runanga pool 3 times a day 10 cents a swim oh the memories
Tom Esta Richardson Lynette and I spent so much time there,great memories
Dorothy Wills It’s a shame that these pools don’t seem to be around anymore my children swam in the Reefton pool on sports days back in the 1970s
Yvonne Lawson Lived in the pool to. Couldn’t see the bottom, no roof over it. No heating. School swimming as well. Our parents always knew where we were in summer. Sure does bring back lots of memories.
Bill Johnsen lovely brown water Yvonne Lawson and deep end was a very deep end..swim there tomorrow at 8.00am hopefully ..back home...
Ian Buchanan Climbed that wall a few times
Bob Jamieson Yep, me too.
Gordon Dixon Me too
Rose Green Great kids loved there !!
Tom Esta Richardson Chuck Panther,i reckon thats Lynette behind the girl in front
Anna Panther Esta I was wishing the pic was clearer to see if we could pick out any kids lol - wonder what the date of pic is?!
Paul Buchanan No wet suits either budgie smugglers only!!
Sharon Kaye Plenty of great memories spent in that pool! The good old days
Michele Buchanan Great memories
Gaye Gray Loved that pool . Lots of fun and great memories. Great times with the swimming carnivals there and away. Helen Brennan.
Helen Brennan Gaye Gray they were magic days when we were young
Gaye Gray Helen Brennan They sure were. Do you remember me going with you guys and Dad would take us in the bus sometimes . To Westport and what was the other place up that way ? For swimming competitions. Fantastic times.Michelle Dorreen Many Summer days spent in this pool! My Aunty June Wright taught me to swim here.
Lyn Galvin She taught me to swim there too
Patricia McPaike Great pool
Margaret Briggs Great memories.
Trish Leckie Oh that’s a great photo. So many memories. I spent so much time there. I remember tadpoles swimming around in there. Jill (Kennedy) Gillman, Liz (Allan ) Margaret (Moore) Briggs & myself Trish (Moore) Leckie. We were always last out. Great memories
Helen Brennan Eels from creek in pool climbing over wall yea
Elizabeth Mehrtens
Reminds me of our days at Reefton.
Rae Woods
linzi woods looks like you walking along the seats. perving. lol
Lynne Kokshoorn
Learnt to swim there with the nuns Watching!! Lol
Karen Green
Many very happy times
Christina Fairhurst
Aaah memories
Gordon Dixon
Great times there , school sports ect
· Reply · 10h
Mel Higson
Spent a lot of time here when visiting grandma & grandad Taft.
Ann Robertson
Many hours spent there great memories
Lyn Galvin
Spent heaps of time in there in the Summer Loved it
Gail Callaghan
Spent mant summer days there
Gail Callaghan
If you stood on the top tier you could see Nana and Grandad's house
Yvonne Lawson
Was always in there in the good old days
BarryandChristine Greening
Great memories
Rae Amad
Those were the days! Sunburnt .. no sunscreen in those days and just spending all the holidays there rain or shine !
Jess Kokshoorn
Lynne Kokshoorn hope you were behaving then lol
Cherish Rose
I miss the old days at runanga pool when it was like this. Best days of my life! And yay my son gets to enjoy it now ☺
Runanga Miners’ Hall Project - ‘Restoring the Hall, Restoring the Community
Cherish Rose wish more would use it .. up to them now .. hey no heating no covers .. how did we survive ?
Cherish Rose
Runanga Miners’ Hall Project - ‘Restoring the Hall, Restoring the Community we were hard runanga kids thats how we survived .. i liked swimming in the rain .. and the barb wire around the building .. was so much fun trying to climb that too haha we loved it there.
Merv Cate
Didn't need a roof, Didn't need heating Didn't need a lot of money to keep it going just happy kids leaning to swim.
Sandra Upston
That would have been your local swimming pool Mum Allan Upston
Pam Sosky
Loved summers in that pool.
Sonia Mahauariki
Quite a few swims in there growing up
Kim Richards
And me haha
Anne-Marie Dixon
Great memories.
Anne Marie Leech
Spent a lot of time here - so much that my hair turned green from chemicals used remember climbing over the fence to train at 6.30am - was so cold steam was coming off the water
Kerry Adams
Photo a few years before my time, but loved sunbathing on the big wide concrete platforms.
Jennie McKinnon
We were always there. The chlorine was so strong, made your eyes sting.
Trish Rennie
Yep Jennie McKinnon.....half of our summers were spent there
Bob Jamieson
Spent many hours there in my younger days.
Linda McTigue
That was the first one had a high diving board it was filled in and made into the one prior to the current one. It was early sixties. Lyn N Moe
Gordon Dixon Spend a lot of time there good old days
Anna Therese Webster Oh how great!!
I dived in the deep end and pulled out by my blonde plaits by Brian O,Neil when I was 4 half
Jillian Pinn So many happy hours there.
Brenda Yorston Happy times played for hours there
Janice Oconnor Great memories of that pool
Elaine Barrow Just the best.
Margaret Moore So many happy hours spent there. Great times
Lyn Galvin The fun we had there as kids
Lynne Kokshoorn I wonder what year this is?
Elizabeth Mehrtens Carn,t see you there Kevin Waters must of been to fast
Helen Brennan We lived in the baths 3 times a day
Heather Buchanan Great memories of the Runanga Pool
Valerie Beavis It looks like the Reefton swimming pool also.
Anna Panther Gosh MEMORIES!!
Michael Buckland loved that swimming pool beth buchanan
Patricia Stephens My son cut his chin on that swimming pool. And one of my sons were drowning and his brother jumped in saved him.
Trish Rennie Big bombers n belly flops! Spent most of our summer days there as children...loved it.
Garry Woods I got stamps on my swimming certificate there in 1963 for floating on my back and floating across the width
Jennie McKinnon Lived in that pool..Even when it was raining ...
Peter Gray Paid old Ivan a penny a swim back in the mid 50's, 1 1/2 flip on the high board, used to live there, if the gate wasn't open you jumped the fence
Joy Devereux I practically lived in that pool ! Fabulous memories I loved living in Runanga
Bronwyn Gray Best times at Runanga pool 3 times a day 10 cents a swim oh the memories
Tom Esta Richardson Lynette and I spent so much time there,great memories
Dorothy Wills It’s a shame that these pools don’t seem to be around anymore my children swam in the Reefton pool on sports days back in the 1970s
Yvonne Lawson Lived in the pool to. Couldn’t see the bottom, no roof over it. No heating. School swimming as well. Our parents always knew where we were in summer. Sure does bring back lots of memories.
Bill Johnsen lovely brown water Yvonne Lawson and deep end was a very deep end..swim there tomorrow at 8.00am hopefully ..back home...
Ian Buchanan Climbed that wall a few times
Bob Jamieson Yep, me too.
Gordon Dixon Me too
Rose Green Great kids loved there !!
Tom Esta Richardson Chuck Panther,i reckon thats Lynette behind the girl in front
Anna Panther Esta I was wishing the pic was clearer to see if we could pick out any kids lol - wonder what the date of pic is?!
Paul Buchanan No wet suits either budgie smugglers only!!
Sharon Kaye Plenty of great memories spent in that pool! The good old days
Michele Buchanan Great memories
Gaye Gray Loved that pool . Lots of fun and great memories. Great times with the swimming carnivals there and away. Helen Brennan.
Helen Brennan Gaye Gray they were magic days when we were young
Gaye Gray Helen Brennan They sure were. Do you remember me going with you guys and Dad would take us in the bus sometimes . To Westport and what was the other place up that way ? For swimming competitions. Fantastic times.Michelle Dorreen Many Summer days spent in this pool! My Aunty June Wright taught me to swim here.
Lyn Galvin She taught me to swim there too
Patricia McPaike Great pool
Margaret Briggs Great memories.
Trish Leckie Oh that’s a great photo. So many memories. I spent so much time there. I remember tadpoles swimming around in there. Jill (Kennedy) Gillman, Liz (Allan ) Margaret (Moore) Briggs & myself Trish (Moore) Leckie. We were always last out. Great memories
Helen Brennan Eels from creek in pool climbing over wall yea
Elizabeth Mehrtens
Reminds me of our days at Reefton.
Rae Woods
linzi woods looks like you walking along the seats. perving. lol
Lynne Kokshoorn
Learnt to swim there with the nuns Watching!! Lol
Karen Green
Many very happy times
Christina Fairhurst
Aaah memories
Gordon Dixon
Great times there , school sports ect
· Reply · 10h
Mel Higson
Spent a lot of time here when visiting grandma & grandad Taft.
Ann Robertson
Many hours spent there great memories
Lyn Galvin
Spent heaps of time in there in the Summer Loved it
Gail Callaghan
Spent mant summer days there
Gail Callaghan
If you stood on the top tier you could see Nana and Grandad's house
Yvonne Lawson
Was always in there in the good old days
BarryandChristine Greening
Great memories
Rae Amad
Those were the days! Sunburnt .. no sunscreen in those days and just spending all the holidays there rain or shine !
Jess Kokshoorn
Lynne Kokshoorn hope you were behaving then lol
Cherish Rose
I miss the old days at runanga pool when it was like this. Best days of my life! And yay my son gets to enjoy it now ☺
Runanga Miners’ Hall Project - ‘Restoring the Hall, Restoring the Community
Cherish Rose wish more would use it .. up to them now .. hey no heating no covers .. how did we survive ?
Cherish Rose
Runanga Miners’ Hall Project - ‘Restoring the Hall, Restoring the Community we were hard runanga kids thats how we survived .. i liked swimming in the rain .. and the barb wire around the building .. was so much fun trying to climb that too haha we loved it there.
Merv Cate
Didn't need a roof, Didn't need heating Didn't need a lot of money to keep it going just happy kids leaning to swim.
Sandra Upston
That would have been your local swimming pool Mum Allan Upston
Pam Sosky
Loved summers in that pool.
Sonia Mahauariki
Quite a few swims in there growing up
Kim Richards
And me haha
Anne-Marie Dixon
Great memories.
Anne Marie Leech
Spent a lot of time here - so much that my hair turned green from chemicals used remember climbing over the fence to train at 6.30am - was so cold steam was coming off the water
Kerry Adams
Photo a few years before my time, but loved sunbathing on the big wide concrete platforms.
Jennie McKinnon
We were always there. The chlorine was so strong, made your eyes sting.
Trish Rennie
Yep Jennie McKinnon.....half of our summers were spent there
Bob Jamieson
Spent many hours there in my younger days.
Linda McTigue
That was the first one had a high diving board it was filled in and made into the one prior to the current one. It was early sixties. Lyn N Moe
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West Coast New Zealand History (28th Aug 2021). Runanga swimming pool being rebuilt. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 9th Apr 2026 03:22, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/29914