Te Rauparaha Arena

23/10/2026

Monday 26 October is Labour Day. It's a long weekend fam! 🎉

👉 Arena Aquatics will be open from 8am to 7pm.
👉 The gym will be open from 8am to 5pm (+9.15am Body Pump Heavy)
👉 Cannons Creek Pool will be closed.

22/10/2026

Tākaro Mai! Come and play at the Arena 💦🤸🏾🥰

To celebrate Play Week, this weekend the pool is where it’s at! Manu platform will be up 1-4pm on Saturday, and the inflatables from 1-4pm Sunday!

See you there! Sport New Zealand Ihi Aotearoa Porirua City Council

15/10/2026

🏀 Not quite 6 - 7 but we DO have a 6′5″ starting tonight! The Tokomanawa Queens are welcoming Jacinta Monroe to take on the Whai here at the Arena - don't miss out!

⏰ 6:00pm - Doors open
⏰ 6:30pm - Rapid League
⏰ 7:30pm - Tauihi Game
🎫 🔗 https://tickets.ticketspace.co.nz/tickets/tokomanawa-queens-vs-whai-2026

15/10/2026

Join the movement fam! 🎽👔👕 Friday 16 October is Loud Shirt Day - join us in raising awareness for the deaf and hard of hearing.

💥 Funds raised help provide life-changing services like speech therapy, audiology, early intervention and family support – giving kids with hearing loss the tools they need to thrive.

You can donate at reception through our QR code or click the link below.
🔗 https://www.loudshirtday.org/fundraisers/keithtahere/the-hearing-house-new-zealand

12/10/2026

"𝗛𝗶 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿." - 🥹 🥹 🥹 Dash Instructor Tia gets some handwritten love from her ākonga (to be fair, she's actually received a few of these in her short tenure with us!)

👉 It's Mental Health Awareness Week and we've been thinking about simple strategies to improve our wellbeing. Today we're focusing on a sort of 'count your blessings'* tool.

Have you heard about glimmers?

𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗦 💫 are small moments of joy or peace that arise from appreciating everyday experiences, such as noticing the fresh air, sharing a smile with a stranger or in this case - receiving a child's affection 😍

Give it a go today as you go about your normal routine. If you're feeling brave, share in the comments a glimmer you experience, we'll start!

*𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 '𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴' 𝘐 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 - 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢!

11/10/2026

❛❛ 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆𝘀. 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸. ❜❜ - Du’Plessis Kirifi

Just checking in, Porirua - how you doing? 🫰🏽

🧠 It's Mental Health Awareness Week - and please if you watch one thing **especially if you have kids aspiring to play sports professionally** - let it be this.

🔗 https://outoftherough.nz/treading-water/duplessis-kirifi/

Dupes shares about how at the age of 19, he thought he was finished. 😮‍💨

He was comparing himself to his peers who he saw as achieving 'better things' at the same age as him - and his identity being so wrapped up in rugby was taking a brutal hit.
He shares how a move to Wellington and a couple guys in his new circle being open to talking was the beginning of a healthy new mind and approach to life. And just look at him now (P.S About TIME Allblacks *cough cough* anyways...)

WATCH THIS. We can't say it enough. Melie Kerr's video series Treading Water is brilliant and so worth your time.

❛❛ 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘄𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀. 𝗪𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗭. ❜❜

Out of the rough / Treading Water | Du’Plessis Kirifi 👇🏾
Interview series by MelieKerr
https://vimeo.com/749827812
https://outoftherough.nz/treading-water/duplessis-kirifi/ #
📸🎥 Hamish Johns 📹
All Blacks

11/10/2026

👏 🏀 🎉 Me whakanuia! Stoked to see Porirua do so well last week at the BBNZ U14 Central Region Championships! Well done team 😮‍💨
Basketball New Zealand

Congratulations Porirua U14 Tama winning a bronze medal at the Basketball NZ U14 Central Region Championships.

Nga mihi to the team management and supporters.

10/10/2026

👉 **UPDATE TO THE UPDATE ** We’re back to normal now fam!!
**Due to circumstances outside of our control, Arena Aquatics are having to temporarily operate on a 1 in 1 out basis. Please phone ahead and plan your visit accordingly.

04/10/2026

Got your tickets? 🎫 🎫 🎫
🔗 https://tickets.ticketspace.co.nz/tickets/tokomanawa-queens-vs-mainland-pouakai-2026

Starting 5 looking extra special today 😮‍💨