History

In 1968, Tom Sutherland, a Youth Aid Officer, and Jack Underhill set up an unofficial swimming club for children at the Cannons Creek Pool. Around 200 children attended this club once a week, paying a 10 cent fee to enter the pool.

In 1972, the club became official when the Cannons Creek Amateur Swimming Club was formed. The club’s primary purpose was to satisfy the local need to teach children to swim, competitive swimming was as a secondary role. These clubs were predecessors to Mana Swimco which was established as an Incorporated Society on 29 April 1992.

Concurrently in 1998 Tawa Aquatic Swim School, TASS, was formed training at the Porirua Aquatic Centre under Nevill Sutton. In 2005 TASS changed its name to Porirua Swimming Club in order to better reflect the Porirua community it was operating within..

In 2009 Mana Swimco and Porirua Swimming Club agreed to merge. This merger was effected by the Porirua Swimming Club members transferring to the Mana Swimco club and the club subsequently renaming itself to Porirua City Aquatics.

Porirua City Aquatics has a proud record of service to the people, and in particular to the children of our community. We are indebted to those members who founded and have administered our club and our predecessing clubs.