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When the weather gets hot and you’re looking for somewhere to cool down, Ruapehu District Council operates a public swimming pool on Raetihi Road, which is open from December-March. The complex features a main pool and learner pool as well as shaded picnic areas and open lawn areas to take in the sun if you choose.

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SWIMMING POOLS

Ohakune Swimming Pools

25m pool open December - March

Opening hours: 12noon - 6pm daily

Excluding Christmas and New Year public holidays hours may vary during school term time.

Adult $2

Children $1

Burns Pool - Waiouru Military Camp

20 minutes drive from Ohakune

This facility is part of the Waiouru Military training facilities it's advised to ring beforehand to check if a training program is running, in which case the pool will not be open to the public. 

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Pools: One pool 33m, 6 lanes, 1m - 2m depth, indoors. A smaller shallow heated pool is also on site.

Children $1

Adults $2

Telephone (06) 387-5599 ext. 7914

Tokaanu Thermal Pools - Turangi

45 minutes drive from Ohakune

This facility offers private and public thermal bathing pools a taonga of the Ngati Kurauia people a hapu of Ngati Tuwharetoa, which for generations has been recognised as having the ‘wai ora (healing waters)’.

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Public Pool 10am – 9pm

Private Pools 10am – 8pm (sales close 8pm)

Mangaroa Street, Tokaanu, Turangi

​Phone: (07) 386 8575

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