December 26, 2024 • 4 mins
The Auckland outdoor pool affectionately coined 'Brownie's pool' has found a new meaning after the facility was given a red pin by safe swim.
The warning means the water could contain faecal matter, and it comes just days after the opening.
Waitematā local board chair Genevieve Sage joins the show to discuss what this means for the Karanga Plaza swimming pool.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
Yes in trouble has struck at Auckland's new inner city
outdoor saltwater pool, caring A Plaza colloquial colloquially known as
Brownie's Pool, after the mayor has received just that a
code brown. The facility has been given a red pin
by Safe Swim as the water could contain fecal matter,
and it comes just days after the opening. Wa Amata
(00:39):
local board chair Genevieve Sage joins me, good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Good morning, term How are you.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I'm pretty good? Thanks? Was this bound to happen?
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Oh? Look, I tell you what. There's no central city
beach that isn't susceptible to poor water quality after there's
some heavy rainfall. But I've noted on the Safe Swim
website today in fact, that it's good water quality. Is
it moment?
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Is it just? I mean, it's just one of those things.
So the beaches have the same problem. Get the tide come.
I mean, you guys basically just need to wait for
the tide to come in and out, don't you to
sort of flush things so to speak.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Well, I think there's a natural flushing as a tide
comes in and out, and I think we've got a
high tide today at about eleven thirty seven am, so
it should be absolutely blue bird for swimming down there today.
But I just wanted to say that people should check
the water quality before they swim there anyway. And there's
actually a really great prominent sign right in the center
(01:38):
with a QR code to safe swim, And if you're
going down there and you're unsure, you can just have
a look at that sign, put your QR code and
find out what's happening.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Do you think people pay much attention to safe swim
because I live around the bays, and often when there's
been a storm and you see there's a warning, you
see people going for dippets, like what are you thinking.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
I think there's always some people who perhaps don't pay
attention to it, but I think there's more and more
people who are looking to save swim to see which
beaches are the beaches to go to for the day.
And again, I'm just looking at it right now, and
it looks like there's some really green, good green light,
which means indicates good quality out in the beaches there today,
(02:20):
perhaps not going to Judge's Day.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Yeah, there were some concerns yesterday that people weren't aware
of the warning. Is there a problem with communication?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
I don't think there's a problem with communication again, I
just think there is. Like I said, there's a big
sign there that is right in the center and says
if you're going down to karting a Plaza, which is actually,
as he said, Brownie's Pool. I think that's.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Unfortunate nickname now, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Sorry, Well, I'll probably still call it karding a Plaza
or Brownie's baol anyway. But I think there's the again,
going back to space swim if you download the app.
Everybody could have the app and just check it, you know,
before you go swimming.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
It's a good opportunity to talk about safe swim generally,
isn't it that? Hey, just on the pool itself. We
know how much Wayne Brown loves smiling face on the
New Zealand Herald. How's the facility been received by the
public so far.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I think it's been received really well. I was actually
running past there a couple of days ago, and this
was seven o'clock in the morning and there were probably
five people in there, and later on in the day
there are a lot more. You know, I think today
there's probably going to be quite a few people. It's
always been a place that people have liked to go
down and have a bit of a swim, and now
it's much safer. Have you been on yet, No, but
(03:40):
I'm going to. Yes, I will be soon, probably in January.
Now I don't have to be, but I just wanted
to say as well that it remind us reminds us
that we need to invest in water and wastewater upgrades,
and we are doing this with the Central Intercept, and
it's going to make a huge difference to our inner
city harbors and all of Auckland beaches will be swimmable,
(04:00):
hopefully most of the time.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
So that work you're talking about will make a difference
to the pool.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Should make a difference to the pool, because it's going
to make a difference to Saint Mary's Bay, Herne Bay,
Cox's Bay in the future, and of course that's the
inner city, beautiful White Matar Harbor, and it'll make a
difference to all those beaches in that inner city area.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Great to talk to you, Thanks very much. That's Genevieve
says she is white. Matar local board chair.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
For more from News Talks, EDB, listen live on air
or online, and keep our shows with you wherever you
go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio
You're listening to a podcast from Newstalk ZEDB. Follow this
and our wide range of podcast now on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Yes in trouble has struck at Auckland's new inner city
outdoor saltwater pool, caring A Plaza colloquial colloquially known as
Brownie's Pool, after the mayor has received just that a
code brown. The facility has been given a red pin
by Safe Swim as the water could contain fecal matter,
and it comes just days after the opening. Wa Amata
(00:39):
local board chair Genevieve Sage joins me, good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Good morning, term How are you.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I'm pretty good? Thanks? Was this bound to happen?
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Oh? Look, I tell you what. There's no central city
beach that isn't susceptible to poor water quality after there's
some heavy rainfall. But I've noted on the Safe Swim
website today in fact, that it's good water quality. Is
it moment?
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Is it just? I mean, it's just one of those things.
So the beaches have the same problem. Get the tide come.
I mean, you guys basically just need to wait for
the tide to come in and out, don't you to
sort of flush things so to speak.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Well, I think there's a natural flushing as a tide
comes in and out, and I think we've got a
high tide today at about eleven thirty seven am, so
it should be absolutely blue bird for swimming down there today.
But I just wanted to say that people should check
the water quality before they swim there anyway. And there's
actually a really great prominent sign right in the center
(01:38):
with a QR code to safe swim, And if you're
going down there and you're unsure, you can just have
a look at that sign, put your QR code and
find out what's happening.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Do you think people pay much attention to safe swim
because I live around the bays, and often when there's
been a storm and you see there's a warning, you
see people going for dippets, like what are you thinking.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
I think there's always some people who perhaps don't pay
attention to it, but I think there's more and more
people who are looking to save swim to see which
beaches are the beaches to go to for the day.
And again, I'm just looking at it right now, and
it looks like there's some really green, good green light,
which means indicates good quality out in the beaches there today,
(02:20):
perhaps not going to Judge's Day.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Yeah, there were some concerns yesterday that people weren't aware
of the warning. Is there a problem with communication?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
I don't think there's a problem with communication again, I
just think there is. Like I said, there's a big
sign there that is right in the center and says
if you're going down to karting a Plaza, which is actually,
as he said, Brownie's Pool. I think that's.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Unfortunate nickname now, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Sorry, Well, I'll probably still call it karding a Plaza
or Brownie's baol anyway. But I think there's the again,
going back to space swim if you download the app.
Everybody could have the app and just check it, you know,
before you go swimming.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
It's a good opportunity to talk about safe swim generally,
isn't it that? Hey, just on the pool itself. We
know how much Wayne Brown loves smiling face on the
New Zealand Herald. How's the facility been received by the
public so far.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I think it's been received really well. I was actually
running past there a couple of days ago, and this
was seven o'clock in the morning and there were probably
five people in there, and later on in the day
there are a lot more. You know, I think today
there's probably going to be quite a few people. It's
always been a place that people have liked to go
down and have a bit of a swim, and now
it's much safer. Have you been on yet, No, but
(03:40):
I'm going to. Yes, I will be soon, probably in January.
Now I don't have to be, but I just wanted
to say as well that it remind us reminds us
that we need to invest in water and wastewater upgrades,
and we are doing this with the Central Intercept, and
it's going to make a huge difference to our inner
city harbors and all of Auckland beaches will be swimmable,
(04:00):
hopefully most of the time.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
So that work you're talking about will make a difference
to the pool.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Should make a difference to the pool, because it's going
to make a difference to Saint Mary's Bay, Herne Bay,
Cox's Bay in the future, and of course that's the
inner city, beautiful White Matar Harbor, and it'll make a
difference to all those beaches in that inner city area.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Great to talk to you, Thanks very much. That's Genevieve
says she is white. Matar local board chair.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
For more from News Talks, EDB, listen live on air
or online, and keep our shows with you wherever you
go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio
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