South Taranaki District Council

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Q1: Do you provide communal single-sex changing and showering facilities?

Yes

Q2: Do you provide single occupancy changing and showering facilities? If so, how many at each site?

Yes.

Hawera – 3 with showers and 1 without a shower

Manaia – 4 without showers

Patea – 1 with shower 1 without a shower

Waverley – 1 without a shower

Eltham - No

Rawhitiroa - No

Kaponga - No

Q3: Please provide any policies or procedures that apply to trans-identified people who wish to use the changing and showering facilities in your sites.

South Taranaki doesn’t currently have any policies or procedures in place.

Q4: How are your different changing and showering facilities labelled and described?

Female, Male, Unisex and disability signs

Q5: At your sites, which changing room and showering facilities is a trans-identified male permitted to use?

They are welcome to whichever changing room or shower within the facility that they feel most comfortable

Q6: If applicable, do your facilities allow trans-identifying males to attend Women Only swim sessions?

Not applicable as we do not run any women only swim sessions

Our Verdict

Allowing men to use whichever changing room or shower is anti-women.