“Every station will now be spaced two metres apart. We want to take the thinking out for our members so they know where they have to be.”
The Gisborne YMCA senior classes won't be starting back yet as this age group is more at risk.
Fans must be switched off under Level 2 to prevent the spread of droplets through the air.
All memberships had been on hold since the country went into lockdown seven weeks ago but some people had continued to pay fees to support the business, Janene said.
The gym will only be open to members, to make contact tracing more manageable.
“We will have zero tolerance for people who flout the rules. They will be asked to leave.”
Janene has worked remotely during lockdown and Alert Level 3, keeping in contact with members through emails and on social media, and her team have been posting daily workout videos.
She has created an online booking system so numbers using the gym can be managed.
From today members have been able to log on to see how many people are using the gym at any one time before they decided whether to go.
“We have a limit of 100 people in the gym at one time, including those doing classes.”
The Les Mills classes will restart on Monday. The instructor must be four metres away, with spaces marked on the floor for participants.
There will also be hand sanitiser at the door and around the gym premises.
Members must bring their own water bottles as the water fountain has been decommissioned.
Owner of Anytime Fitness Gisborne, Lisa Gudgeon, said she and her team were excited to be opening up again tomorrow.
“We have been preparing the gym through Level 3. We've cleaned and refreshed it and painted so we're ready to go. Our equipment was already spaced apart properly.”
They are expecting most of their members back straight away but some might be a bit nervous and wait a few weeks, she said.
Everything will be kept sanitised with members asked to wipe down equipment and staff cleaning things down regularly.
Ms Gudgeon said her staff had received the wage subsidy which had been a huge help.
“It's been a good break in many ways but we are looking forward to getting back to normal life again and back into our routines.”
■ Tairawhiti Museum offers plenty of room for visitors to walk around safely when the museum reopens tomorrow, says director Eloise Wallace. Extra hygiene facilities will be available and visitors' contact details recorded as part of the museum and art galleries' safety measures.
From 10am tomorrow the museum cafe and shop will also be open.
During the lockdown a designated staff member made daily checks of the taonga on loan from various museums in Europe, as well as other exhibits and the museum's security.
Other staff have been busy working from home. Photographer Dudley Meadows has digitally scanned glass plate negatives from the museum collection while Mrs Wallace put together and uploaded a series of videos that focus on features of historical interest in Tairawhiti, and updated collection records.
The museum's educators have worked on programmes and parts of the museum's interior have been repainted. Some plinths have been repaired.
On Friday, Zoe Alford's exhibition East of the Sun, and Tawera Tahuri's exhibition, Kahukura, open. See tomorrow's Guide for the full story.
