I’ve been taking my one-year-old here for a few months now to their infant swimming class and its brilliant. For babies, they mostly teach them to be confident and happy in the water, and the start of how to get to the side safely and float on their backs — pretty important skills for little ones to have especially in a place like NZ where so much of our time is spent around water. Hilton Brown is a great facility, the pool is a nice size and its salt water chlorinated so you don’t feel like you’re swimming in too many chemicals. We’ve always had the same instructor so I don’t know about the rest of them but she’s awesome! Really encouraging and good at recognising which stage all the different babies are at and what they’re ready for. Hilton Brown takes classes of all ages, even adults, and I’d recommend it as a great safe and friendly place to learn to swim.