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About
Us
Changing Lives
Changing Lives
Welcome to Northern Arena, North Shore, your one-stop destination for fitness, fun, and feeling your best. Proudly based in Silverdale, Auckland, we’re a family-friendly, community-focused facility offering a world-class gym, indoor swimming pools, learn-to-swim programmes, and dynamic group fitness classes under one roof.
We’re here to help you move better, grow stronger, and feel great, no egos, no fluff, just the energy, expertise, and encouragement you need to reach your goals.
Whether you're diving into swimming lessons, sweating it out in a gym class, building confidence with guided exercise, or simply looking for a space that supports your health and wellbeing, you’ll find it all here at Northern Arena.
Learn To Swim
At Northern Arena Swim School, we’re passionate about teaching New Zealanders to love the water and respect it. From babies through to adults, our structured swim lessons are designed to build water confidence, develop independent swimmers, and instill the essential skills needed to stay safe and strong in and around the water.
Our goal? To help every child swim 1km confidently in the pool. That’s roughly equivalent to 200m in open water, our benchmark for safer, stronger swimmers ready to enjoy New Zealand’s waterways with more confidence.
Taught by expert instructors in purpose-built heated pools, our swim programmes combine fun, safety, and progression in every class. We don’t just teach strokes, we nurture life skills, encourage resilience, and celebrate milestones along the way.
Join thousands of families who trust Northern Arena to support their swimming journey, from their very first splash to Race Academy and beyond.
Water Skills that Save Lives
Training That Works for You
Keep Fit
At Northern Arena, we make fitness simple, supportive, and seriously effective. Whether you’re toming, swimming, recovering, or just getting started, everything here is designed to help you move well and feel great. No overthinking, no egos.
Our group-based training programmes, take the guesswork out of your workouts. Just turn up, and we’ll do the rest for you. Every group fitness session is guided by qualified coaches (yes, poolside too, they're not just lifeguards), so you get real-time feedback, motivation, and progress tailored to your needs.
From the gym floor and functional zones to Les Mills, Yoga, Aqua, HYROX and more, we’ve built a timetable that moves with the seasons and adapts to your goals, whether that’s fitness, strength, mobility, or simply more energy for everyday life.
All you need to do is show up and move, we’ll take care of the rest.
Awards
Northern Arena strives to be deliver excellence and be internationally recognised as leaders in our industry. To constantly adapt, develop and innovate are among our values, with the philosophy to inspire the Northern Arena community to enjoy positive changes through innovative experiences.
ATEED WESTPAC BUSINESS AWARDS
Auckland North
EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
AND SUSTAINABILITY
2013
EXCELLENCE INNOVATION
2014
EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING
2016
EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR
2016
SUPREME AWARD
2016
BEST OF THE BEST ATEED WESTPAC BUSINESS AWARDS
Auckland
EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR
2016
SUPREME WINNER BEST OF THE BEST
2016
New Zealand Fitness Industry Awards
NZ
LARGE FACILITY OF THE YEAR
2015
GROUP FITNESS PRE-CHOREOGRAPHED INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR
2015
HALBERG SPORTS ACCESS
Gold Award
GOLD AWARD
2013
NORTH HARBOUR SPORTS
Auckland, North Shore
EXCELLENCE IN INNOVATION
2014
NZSCTA
New Zealand Swim Coaches and Teachers Association
OUTSTANDING SWIM SCHOOL OF THE YEAR
2012-2017, 2019, 2020
SWIM TEACHER OF THE YEAR
2012, 2013, 2019, 2020
ROOKIE SWIM TEACHER OF THE YEAR
2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020
SWIM SCHOOL PROMOTIONS
2011-2018
SWIM SCHOOL INNOVATION
2018, 2019, 2020
ROOKIE SWIM COACH OF THE YEAR
2016, 2020
ASSA
Australian Swim Schools Association
BEST INTERNATIONAL SWIM SCHOOL
2019