Special Olympics New Zealand
Tom Russell is a Special Olympics New Zealand athlete — and has been since 2003. Tom Russell in 2013 at the National Summer Games in Dunedin. Special Olympics has been a big part of Tom’s life for a long time, so he filmed the video below to tell us why Special Olympics is important to […]
Kia mau ki te tokanga nui a noho (there’s no place like home) ? The past few weeks have been a challenge for us all. It’s times like this when we realise how lucky we are to have such an amazing Special Olympics community around us ?? Check out the latest from our Special Olympics […]
Watch the video ? Kia ora ? This is a little reminder… (if you’re feeling like you’re alone) Shanae Dean (Special Olympics New Zealand Athlete) and Hamish, cute dog. ….that we are all still here. Chrissa Pearce (Special Olympics New Zealand Athlete) exercising using the Wii. Michelle Carney (Special Olympics Great Britain CEO) and Carolyn […]
Around 80,000 New Zealanders have autism (source: Autism NZ). It’s a developmental disability that can affect people in different ways. But — if given the opportunity — everyone with autism is capable of leading a happy, fulfilling life. What is autism? Autism affects how people communicate with others and interact with the world. People on […]
Kia ora It’s so exciting that another year of Special Olympics events are already underway. There’s so much to look forward to in 2020. This month’s Fanletter covers just some of the awesome things happening in the world of Special Olympics New Zealand: The Young Athletes Programme, which we hope to run all over NZ […]
Back issues of the Special Olympics New Zealand Fanletter Fanletter is the newsletter published by Special Olympics New Zealand. We now send a compact version out via email and you can read a longer version on our website. Subscribe now here. In the past, we emailed out the full version, so you can read those […]
Last year, we announced a competition to create a logo for the upcoming National Summer Games (NSG). The NSG will be held in Hamilton in 2021. We were so happy to get all your creative and artistic entries for this competition. You all showed great effort, imagination and enthusiasm. Ka pai (well done) everyone! Of […]
A new memorandum of understanding between the New Zealand Powerlifting Federation and SONZ We’re excited to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Special Olympics New Zealand (SONZ) and the New Zealand Powerlifting Federation (NZPF). “This agreement will play a pivotal part in SONZ running high quality sports programmes for Tamariki (5 […]
Singapore – 2 December, 2019: About 100 young people with and without intellectual disabilities from 14 Asian and Pacific countries will gather in Singapore to co-design strategies and solutions using technology for a more inclusive world. Organised by Special Olympics Asia Pacific and sponsored by The Lane Foundation, Kantar and Microsoft, Youth for Inclusion 2019 […]
We are very pleased to announce the appointment of the management team for the Special Olympics New Zealand 2021 World Winter Games in Sweden. “We were blown away by the standard of all applicants and it made it extremely difficult for the Sports sub-committee through the shortlisting and interview process. We had some challenging decisions […]