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Freyberg Pool
Freyberg
Pool
is a
public swimming pool
on
Wellington Harbour
,
New Zealand
. The main pool is long. It is named for
Bernard Freyberg
, a
World War I
Victoria Cross recipient
and
Governor General of New Zealand
.
A
strong
swimmer
, he won the New Zealand 100-yards
championship
in
1906
and
1910
.
The building is
classified
as a "Category I"
historic place
by the
New Zealand Historic Places Trust
.
In
2011
, along with the
Michael Fowler Centre
, it won an
NZIA
Enduring
Architecture Award.