(a)            to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community, primarily within the geographic area of Auckland or such other geographic area as determined by the Board following approval from Special Olympics New Zealand (SONZ);

(b)            to improve the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and, in turn, the lives of everyone they touch;

(c)            to empower people with intellectual disabilities to realise their full potential and develop their skills, talents and “their voices”;

(d)            to provide opportunities for Athletes to become fulfilled and productive members of their families and the communities in which they live;

(e)            to be a leader in the field of intellectual disability not just as a sports organisation but also as an effective catalyst for social change;

(f)             to recruit more Athletes, to teach them new skills and provide exciting, fun and meaningful training and competition, leadership and health improvement opportunities;

(g)            to strengthen families and communities through participation and observation of Special Olympics activities, increased understanding, and creating an environment of equality, respect and acceptance;

(h)              to lead, promote and enable fair and equal opportunities to be available to everyone to participate in the governance of the Trust and in the Trust’s activities in their Geographic Area irrespective of age, ability, ethnicity, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, beliefs or socio-economic status,