Special Olympics New Zealand
Special Olympics New Zealand is thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Jack Rowe on his remarkable achievement of being selected for the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Regional Athlete Leadership Council for 2025-27. Jack was an outstanding emerging leader as part of the Special Olympics New Zealand Athlete Leadership Class of 2024 and this appointment […]
The New Zealand World Winter Games Squad has returned home to well deserved heroes welcomes, following a very successful campaign in Italy. After arriving in Turin on March 4th, the team enjoyed three days of acclimatisation and preparation on the slopes Sestriere, a ski village approximately 100 km from Turin which would also host the […]
The New Zealand team are on the board at the World Winter Games in Italy with Cosmo Adams claiming the team’s first medal of the Games, a silver, in the Snowboard Giant Slalom overnight. It was the first official day of official competition runs for each of the eight New Zealand athletes competing at the […]
On August 27th a group of Special Olympics athletes had the opportunity to embark upon an Outward Bound Horizons Course. Horizons is an adapted course that provides all the adventure of an Outward Bound experience with the provision for additional rest breaks and support. The key objectives for this course are that students discover their […]
On Wednesday 14 August more than 30 Special Olympics athletes from across New Zealand competed in Alpine Skiing and Snowboard events on 2024 Snow Camp’s Tier 1 race day. Conditions were perfect at Cardrona Alpine Resort with clear blue skies and plenty of fresh snow providing an ideal canvas for the incredibly talented athletes to […]
We are incredibly proud to celebrate the graduation of the Special Olympics New Zealand Athlete Leadership Programme Class of 2024. On Thursday August 8, the six graduates; Rāwiri Hawker, Richard Langford, Katie McMillan, Tom Morland, Jack Rowe and Ella Yarndley took part in their official graduation ceremony at parliament. During the ceremony the Class of 2024, along […]
We are pleased to offer, and open registrations for another term of our Young Athletes Programme in Porirua and the Hutt Valley for Term 3. Term 3 Details Venues Hutt Valley Taita College 188 Eastern Hutt Rd, Taitā, Lower Hutt Porirua Aotea College Okowai Road, Aotea, Okowai 5024 Dates Saturday 17th August Saturday 24th August Saturday 31st August Saturday 7th September Saturday 14th […]
Special Olympics New Zealand is thrilled to announce the athletes who have been named in the preliminary squad to represent New Zealand at the 2025 World Winter Games, which will be hosted in Torino, Italy from 8 – 16 March 2025. “Congratulations to those athletes selected in the preliminary squad, thank you to our Special […]
Following the successful return of the Young Athletes Programme in Term 1, we are pleased to offer, and open registrations for a 6-week programme in Term 2, in Tawa and the Hutt Valley. Term 1 Highlights Over Term 1, more than 30 Young Athletes participated in 15 sessions developing their fundamental movement, interpersonal, and communication […]
Special Olympics New Zealand’s 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 22 May 2024 at 6pm. The AGM will be held by zoom and we are inviting all clubs to register for your attendance. As the AGM is a formal process we are required to do a roll call of those attending and […]