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Kōrero: Swimming

Learning to swim: a beginners' class

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Learning to swim: a beginners' class

Adult members of the Wellington Swimming Club teach children to swim as part of a 'learn to swim' campaign in November 1951. The children hold the bar at the end of the pool, and float and kick to gain confidence.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: 114/387/07

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

John McBeth, Swimming – Swimming for recreation and sport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40206/learning-to-swim-a-beginners-class (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John McBeth, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012, updated 27 January 2015.