McMillan's Aquatic Centre (MAC's)

Blair and his team provide my children with a great platform for a life long love of swimming. They undertake a planned approach, teaching children in stages, allowing them to move on to the next class only once they have mastered the necessary skills in the stage they are in. The emphasis on the skill of swimming - the 'process' rather than the 'outcome' allows the children to learn at their own pace, build load and feel a great sense of accomplishment. Our daughter moved through the classes at Bumblebees, then on to Macs Swim School. Now she is involved in squad swimming one night a week, and wanting to do more. She may never swim competitively, but the sense of accomplishment she gets from performing her swimming well and in lowering previous swim test times is something that we treasure. While other swim schools may follow a similar formula, the quality, experience and manner of teaching is outstanding. I highly recommend MAC'S to any parent considering swimming for their children.

My son has made so much progress with Mac's Swim School. We were having a frustrating time with council run swim lessons and now we drive all the way from Rangiora to Mac's so that we can get a worthwhile swim lesson. It has definitely been worth the effort as our son has made very rapid progress and now loves his swimming.

I can't rate Blair and the team at MACs highly enough. Both my children have come on leaps and bounds with their swimming since going there. Friendly atmosphere, fun for the kids and incredible individual attention from all the swim coaches. Thanks guys... keep doing what you're doing :-)

I have been swimming at McMillans Aquatic Centre for three years and thoroughly recommend this facility for the casual swimmer. As a senior, once a week is a good way to use muscles that otherwise wouldn't see much action, but I feel good after the workout. The facilties are basic but sufficient, the friendliness from other swimmers and staff is first rate. I prefer to book a lane once a week at a given time over the term and work around that as opposed to just turning up and hoping its not to busy at other pools. Check it out, you could be pleasantly surprised.

Awesome swimming teachers. That support all children. My son enjoys his lessons.

Hello. I just met a Macmillans Aquatic Centre vehicle at the intersection of Cobham street and Lyttelton street. I was in a non motorised cargo bike with my dog in the front. I smiled and gestured to the middle aged male driver of the vehicle to turn right as I didn’t have the ability to accelerate rapidly. The driver indicated that I should go straight through the intersection as per the road rules, which I did.As the driver then past me he said “there’s road rules for a reason mate”. He seemed agitated.I’ve not had any business interactions with this company but the conduct during this interaction seemed aggressive and unnecessary, in the context of what I intended to be a courteous gesture

Karen and Blair are absolutely wonderful along with their fantastic coaching team. They truly care about the children, Blair and Michael’s patience is a blessing for the children they coach, thank you for your kindness and love for this sport to give so many children such a great opportunity in life.

Highly recommend MACS. An awesome swim school - friendly and caring, and the coaches are all amazing. My kids love their lessons, and are making awesome progress. Karen & Blair are wonderful.

Our daughter has been swimming with Karen and Blair since she was about 2 years old. She has come up through their programme, starting in the junior pool they previously owned and then moving to MAC's several years ago. Crazy to think we have been with the McMillan family for about 9 years. We could not be more happy with the teachers or the facility. Her confidence in the water blows us away. Highly recommend MAC's.

Great place to learn to swim. All instructors are very helpful, friendly and know how to make the kids have fun while learning.