VISITING HOSPITAL

All hospital visitors are encouraged to wear a medical face mask. Expand this message for information about visiting hospital. 

Last updated:
31 October 2024

Some visitor restrictions for all Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury hospitals and health facilities remain in place, but we have relaxed others.

There is still a heightened risk to vulnerable people in hospital and we encourage all people wear a mask when visiting any of our facilities and follow other advice designed to keep patients, staff and visitors safe.

To keep everybody safe:

  • Visitors or support people are advised to not visit our facilities if they are unwell. We advise that you do not visit if you have recently tested positive for COVID-19 and haven’t completed your isolation period.
  • Patients may have more than one visitor, except in some situations such as multi-bed rooms where it can cause overcrowding.
  • Surgical/medical masks are encouraged to be worn at all sites. Masks will be provided if you don’t have one.
  • Please practice hand hygiene with provided alcohol-based hand rub/gel

Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding as our staff work hard to protect and care for some of the most vulnerable in our community.

Visiting patients with COVID-19

  • People can visit patients who have COVID-19 but they must wear a surgical mask as a minimum – please use surgical masks provided.

All of our Hospitals

Visiting hours for our hospitals have returned to pre COVID-19 hours.

All visitors are encouraged to wear a medical face mask.

Parents/caregivers can be with their child in hospital and visitors are now allowed, except for the Children’s Haematology and Oncology Day stay where visitor restrictions might apply.

Patients and visitors can also read the additional COVID-19 related visiting guidelines .

Exercise in Pregnancy classes

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  4. Exercise in Pregnancy classes

Exercise in our hydrotherapy pool and meet other expectant mothers at our Exercise in Pregnancy classes.

Note: Hydrotherapy Pool annual maintenance

The Hydrotherapy Pool has been closed for annual maintenance, the pool is open again from the Monday 10 February 2025.

Please call 03 383 6833 if you have an enquiry relating to the pool.

These prenatal exercise classes are specifically designed for pregnant women from 27 weeks gestation onward.

Classes include a warm up, cardiovascular exercises, and warm down. Each class finishes with a relaxation session, floating in the pool with foam noodles, listening to music with the lights on low.

Where to find us

Hydrotherapy Pool
Physical Medicine Building
Burwood Hospital (via Entry 3)
Mairehau Road
Christchurch

The Physical Medicine Building is highlighted purple in the below map.

No booking needed!

Just turn up at one of our sessions, held every Wednesday and Friday from 11am to 12pm.

You need the following items to attend a class:

  • A towel/swimming costume
  • $3 class fee. Cash only, no EFTPOS available
  • Your midwife's contact details / card

Please don't attend class if you:

  • are feeling unwell
  • have Athlete's foot
  • have a verruca
  • have experienced diarrhoea or vomiting in the last two weeks

More information about maternity services

For more information about maternity services in Christchurch see our Maternity Services at Christchurch Women's Hospital page.
For information about other maternity services locations in Canterbury, see our Women's health and maternity section.

Print this information for reference later

You can either print this web page, or download, save, and print our Guide For Antenatal Hydrotherapy Classes (150KB, PDF).

Page last updated: 3 February 2025

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