9 Sep 2025

81 year old fitness instructor keeping a bounce in her step

From Checkpoint, 4:54 pm on 9 September 2025

At the age of 81 years old a Christchurch fitness instructor is showing that exercise really is vital to keeping the bounce in your step. Each week Paula Barrett leads three fitness classes at council-run Pioneer Stadium, where she has taken classes since the late 1980s. Reporter Rachel Graham went along to meet Paula and some of her regulars.