Pupils at a Rotorua school had sore bottoms but big smiles this week after a portable ice skating rink was installed in their school hall.
Ice Skate Tours installed the state of the art, artificial ice rink at Lynmore Primary School on Sunday so it was ready for pupils to use on Monday morning.
The rink is open to the public after school and will be open from 10am to 5pm this Saturday. Twenty per cent of the money from public admissions is donated back to the school.
Operator Robin de Goeij said it had not taken the children long to become ice skating pros.
"The first 10 minutes is absolute chaos and all the children are on the ground but once they have got their balance they're away.