A Carterton 10-year-old is using the district council's long-term planning process to make her wish of a better pool slide come true. Molly O'Dwyer was visiting the Wairarapa town's ageing municipal pool this summer when she noticed few young swimmers choosing to use the slide. "It's closed-in and you either had to go head-first or on your back. If you go head-first you slam your head into the water; if you go on your back, the little ridges on the side, it hurts your back a little, it kind of skins it." At the suggestion of her mother Amanda O'Dwyer, Molly wrote to Carterton Mayor Greg Lang to ask for an upgrade to the slide because of the current one's poor design and safety issues.