Kia ora, welcome!
The APES Games 2023 team welcome you to fabulous New Zealand and the equally fabulous Rotorua.
We have assembled a first-class team of people from across the NZ Police & Emergency Services, and the Rotorua Lakes Council to put the games on for you. We are looking forward to hosting all our NZ and international competitors their families & Whanau. We promise you an experience not to be forgotten.
We are very excited to be offering you, your families and whanau a partner’s programme which will run alongside our Games programme. As part of this programme, we will provide opportunities for you and your family & whanau to explore this extraordinary part of the world.
As we develop our programme, we will be publishing it on our website.
Any questions in the meantime can be sent through our contact form found here.
GRAEME DINGLE FOUNDATION
APES2023 are very excited to partner with the Graeme Dingle Foundation as our Games Charity Partner.
The Graeme Dingle Foundation works with New Zealand’s tamariki and rangatahi at different life stages, working directly with schools and communities in 40 communities across the country, from the Far North to Stewart Island.
The Foundation’s programmes - Kiwi Can, Stars, Career Navigator, Project K, Kiwi Tahi and MYND - cover students from five to 18 and have been proven to have a direct impact on building resilience to help them overcome life’s obstacles and thrive.
Through these community-focused, life changing, role modelling and mentoring programmes, young people develop life skills and confidence – empowered to find their purpose and direction in life. Since 1995 over 300,000 young people have gone through their programmes, helping more than 26,000 children each year to become their own heroes.
For more info have a look at the Graeme Dingle Foundation website https://dinglefoundation.org.nz/
