Over a thousand athletes gather in Dunedin for NZ's Special Olympics

Pictures courtesy of TV ONE News

"The Special Olympics is growing at over 8% per annum and so every time we have a national games it just gets bigger and bigger," said Kathy Gibson, Special Olympics NZ Chief Executive.

There are ten sports in all one of which is Bocce which was, for the first time in a national competition, being played on inflatable courts developed by NZ based Packaworld.

"It's great to see these courts being used at a national tournament," said Peter Roberts, Packaworld.