A Carterton 10-year-old is using the district council s long-term planning process to make her wish of a better pool slide come true.
Molly O Dwyer was visiting the Wairarapa town s ageing municipal pool this summer when she noticed few young swimmers choosing to use the slide. It s closed-in and you either had to go head-first or on your back. If you go head-first you slam your head into the water; if you go on your back, the little ridges on the side, it hurts your back a little, it kind of skins it.
At the suggestion of her mother Amanda O Dwyer, Molly wrote to Carterton Mayor Greg Lang to ask for an upgrade to the slide because of the current one s poor design and safety issues.