Sports and Aquatic

Project Details

Apollo Projects was proud to secure the build of Christchurch’s new Taiora: QEII Recreation and Sport Centre, adding to our vast portfolio of high-quality aquatic facilities across NZ.

The facility features a lazy river, splash pad with adjoined toddler’s pool and a large aqua dunker—a hit amongst swimmers of all ages. The 120m ‘Aquasphere’ hydroslide is the first of its kind in NZ and a standout feature, with riders entering a sphere and banking around the walls before dropping back into high-speed twists and turns for the rest of the ride.

There is also a learn to swim pool, spa, steam room, sauna, café, small retail area, birthday party room and a comprehensive fitness centre with large weights area, fitness studio and spin room.

Rounding out the amenities is a 10-lane, 25m lap pool with a moveable floor—a first for Christchurch. The moveable floor covers half of the pool, providing increased flexibility as different activities can be carried simultaneously. For example, deepwater activity can happen on one side while shallower activities such as aqua fitness or swimming lessons are happening on the other.

As the area suffered major liquefaction in the 2011 earthquakes, the new pools are Natare stainless steel walled. This technology is more seismic friendly and allows the pools to be re-levelled up to 50mm in the event of future earthquakes.