Special Olympics Global Messengers Thomas van der Lugt and Matt Aitkin check out the Caledonian Ground in early November.
Dunedin bus driver Kelvin McHardy prepares for the influx of athletes. Mr McHardy is also a volunteer sports official for the Games.
Mayor Dave Cull speaks as the Special Olympics torch relay finishes in the Octagon in Dunedin on Tuesday, November 26.
Dunedin golfer Shayne Anderson (44) runs with Southern District police commander Superintendent Andrew Coster.
Special Olympics torch relay finish.
Katrina Hewett (North Otago) acknowledges the applause during the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics in Dunedin.
Robert Mahoney (Mana).
Richard Hill (Horowhenua).
Aron Rastrick (Manawatu).
Paul Rolton (Thames Valley).
Karen Johns (Wairarapa).
Susie Clark (Whangarei).
The Southland team arrives in the More FM Arena during the opening ceremony.
The Otago team arrives.
The Otago team.
Michael Thornhill wins the 50m walk.
Thomas Cowie (Otago Blue) and Levi Buckingham (Otago Gold) contest the ball during a special olympics football match at the University Oval.
Shaun Crabtree (Hawkes Bay) flicks a deft pass.
Walker Paul Jones.
Luke McDonald, from Allendale High School, dribbles the ball to the hoop at the Edgar Centre with Chris Ransloe, from Rotorua, in pursuit.
Dan Joyce (23), from North Otago, in the bowls.
Robert Robinson, from Hawkes Bay, putts during the golf event at Chisholm Park.
Ryan Doherty (17) from Outram, in the weightlifting on Friday.
Nathan Begley (28), from North Canterbury.
Brett Sutherland (35), from Southland.
Christopher Tavite (24), from Otago.
Grant McKenzie (29), from Invercargill.
Edmund Hines (23), from Christchurch.
Grant McKenzie (29), from Invercargill.
Liam Bartley (Mid Canterbury) competes in the 100 metres freestyle.
Philip Lomas (Otago) in the 100 metres freestyle.
Davin Johnson in the 15 metre unassisted swim.
Davin Johnson celebrates his win in the 15 metre unassisted swim.
Kym O'Grady wins her 100 metre breaststroke final.
Thames Haldane, Petronella Simonis - Todd, Petrus Simonis and Orlando Haldane visiting Dunedin from the Horewhenua for this weeks Special Olympics.
Horowhenua visitor Petrus Simonis wheels his stepmother Petronella Simonis-Todd over Stuart St from Moana Pool after watching the progress of foster brother Orlando Karapa.
Almost 1200 athletes around the country with intellectual disabilities are competing at Special Olympics New Zealand’s eighth National Summer Games in Dunedin.
Photos by Otago Daily Times photographers; prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.
