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Learning to swim: 1979 certificate

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Learning to swim: 1979 certificate

By the late 1970s, when this New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association proficiency certificate was issued, children could qualify in all four swimming strokes for both 50 metres and 100 metres.

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John McBeth, Swimming – Swimming for recreation and sport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/40205/learning-to-swim-1979-certificate (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by John McBeth, published 30 November 2012, updated 27 January 2015.