2. Welcome ‘National Paralympic Day’ takes place on Monday 7 September 2015 and this year, it also officially marks the ‘1 year to go’ milestone ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Our New Zealand Paralympians are aiming for 18 medals at these Games, including 12 Gold. To celebrate this key milestone, Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) will launch its new awareness and fundraising programme - Spirit of Gold™. Thank you for your interest in being involved! As a charitable organisation, PNZ relies on a mix of donations and fundraisers, government funding and support from the public and business community to run our sport and community education programmes across NZ. Through support for Spirit of Gold™, we hope to increase awareness and national pride in Para-Sport ahead of Rio 2016 and to also raise the funds we need to support our elite Para-Athletes on the Road to Rio 2016 and onwards into the future. On behalf our Paralympians, thank you for your support! Fiona Allan Chief Executive, Paralympics New Zealand

3. Contents Activities availablepg. 4 Managing your activitypg. 6 Supporting materialspg. 9 Posters for printing and use in digital comms Information about Paralympics New Zealand for use on websites, social media, intranet, etc

4. Spirit of Gold™ Mufti Day The 7 th of September 2015 is National Paralympic Day and officially “1 year to go until the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games’. On this day, we will be staging a nationwide mufti day, asking people to wear GOLD to work and donate a gold coin to PNZ. We would be delighted if your business would like to take part in it! What do you need to do? Promote your Mufti Day with the posters/information provided Create a competition for the best dressed and send a photo on social media to @ParalympicsNewZealand using the #spiritofgold hash tag – this will come up on our Facebook and website pages Collect donations on the day and use the PNZ bucket provided We are giving away two visits from our Paralympians – one to the organisation that raises the most and the other to the best pic!

5. Spirit of Gold™ Shared Lunch As an accompanying or alternative activity, each staff member could organise shared lunch items with Gold or yellow themed items and your team contributes a gold coin donation to take part. What do you need to do? Promote your shared lunch with the posters/information provided (you will need to amend these to ‘shared lunch’ not ‘mufti day’) Create a competition for the themed item and send a photo on social media to @ParalympicsNewZealand using the #spiritofgold hash tag – this will come up on our Facebook and website pages Collect donations on the day and use the PNZ bucket provided We are giving away two visits from our Paralympians – one to the company that raises the most and the other to the best photo! Feel free to share your recipes with us on our Facebook page!

6. Managing your activity

7. Registration / Donations Registration To register your activity, if you haven’t already, please contact Sarah Dance on sdance@paralympics.org.nz or 021 847 820. Managing Donations You can send your donation to PNZ in the following ways: Cheque to: Paralympics New Zealand, Suite 2.10 Axis Building,1 Cleveland Road, Parnell, Auckland 1052 Bank transfer: Paralympics New Zealand Incorporated, ASB Bank, Greenlane, Auckland.12-3013-0033083-00 Donation buckets can be picked up on request, contact Sarah.

8. Promotions There are lots of ways to promote your activity internally, but we’d also be super-excited to see your support for our kiwi Paralympians across media and social media on 7 September! Some ideas for you to consider are: Contact your local newspaper or online news and tell them about your involvement – if your team get dressed up in great gold costumes, they may run a photo of your support for Paralympics New Zealand! If you could ask them to promote our website, paralympics.org.nz as well, that would be great. Ask your organisation and employees to post messages of support for our Paralympians to us on social media using @ParalympicsNewZealand and #spiritofgold. We will also be able to share these on our new website, launching that day.

9. Supporting Materials: Posters

10. Support our New Zealand Paralympians on the Road to Rio 2016 by celebrating their Spirit of Gold™ Monday 7th of September 2015 is National Paralympic Day and officially marks “1 year to go” until the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. On that day, we will be joining in their celebration! Wear GOLD and give a gold donation and we will be helping to support our kiwi Paralympians get to the Rio Paralympic Games. Contact XXX for more information. #spiritofgold @ParalympicsNewZealand

11. Monday 7th of September 2015 is National Paralympic Day and officially marks “1 year to go” until the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. On that day, we will be wearing GOLD and asking for a gold coin donation to support kiwi Para-Sport. Paralympics New Zealand is giving away two prizes, one to the organisation that raises the most funds and the other for the best gold themed photo posted to @ParalympicsNewZealand using #spiritofgold. Contact XXX for more information. Support the Spirit of Gold™ mufti day on 7 September and we could win a visit from a Paralympian!

12. Supporting Materials: About Paralympics New Zealand

13. Paralympics New Zealand Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) is the official National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for New Zealand and is one of over 170 NPC's worldwide affiliated to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). New Zealand was the most successful country in the world per capita at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, winning 17 medals (including six gold). We are targeting 18 medals, including 12 gold medals, at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games! PNZ has a three-fold purpose: 1.Prepare, select and lead NZ to international competitions and the Paralympic Games; 2.Work with athletes, partners and government to inspire those living with disability in NZ society by supporting and encouraging opportunities for them to participate in sports at all levels; and 3.Work to create greater awareness, understanding and acceptance of disability within the public As a charity, Paralympics New Zealand relies on a mix of donations and fundraisers, government funding and support from the business community to run our sport and community programmes. At this moment, we are focussed on fundraising to support our Paralympians on the ‘Road to Rio 2016’. For more information or to donate, visit us at www.paralympics.org.nz or on Facebook and Twitter.

14. Spirit of Gold™ Spirit of Gold™ is the new awareness and fundraising initiative from Paralympics New Zealand, launching on Monday 7 September 2015 to mark ‘1 year to go’ until the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Through it, we hope to: Increase awareness, understanding and pride in Paralympic Sport across New Zealand Raise funds to support our Para-Athletes and team during the coming Rio 2016 Paralympic Games campaign and to invest into developing Para-Sport and supporting Para-Athletes in NZ The term Spirit of Gold™ has been chosen as a way to represent the dual purpose of Paralympics New Zealand: ‘gold’ to recognise our high performance credentials and our gold medal winning performances and ‘spirit’ to represent caring for, inspiring and supporting the disability community. We also believe it is a perfect way to describe the unique mix of drive, ambition and desire that creates success on the world stage and provides inspiration to the next generation of Para-Athletes! Find out more about our sport and community programmes at www.paralympics.org.nz.

15. The year ahead... Over the next year, New Zealand’s Paralympic hopefuls will be training and working hard to complete qualification for one of the toughest sporting events in the world, the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Between 60-80 kiwi Para-Athletes have the potential to qualify and Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) is the organisation responsible for raising the funds required and preparing the team for the Games. With less than 400 days to go, PNZ is already organising everything from flights, to accommodation, meals, team uniforms, equipment, freight, vehicles, accreditation and tickets, insurance, plus medical and support services and much more. As a charity, PNZ relies on a mix of donations and fundraisers, government funding and support from the business community to run each Games campaigns. In particular, we are incredibly grateful to the New Zealand public for its continued support through donations at www.paralympics.org.nz or through fundraising activities. We know that you take just as much pride in our Paralympians as we do! With your help we know we can reach our ambitious Rio 2016 target of 18 medals, including 12 gold, and defend our ‘number 1 in the world per capita’ title!

16. Meet our Paralympic hopefuls... Sophie Pascoe Sport:Para-Swimming Impairment (Disability):Limb deficiency Sophie was New Zealand's most successful athlete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games breaking a world record and bringing home a haul of medals including gold, two silver and a bronze. Most recently Sophie won three Gold, two Silver and a Bronze medal the IPC Swimming World Championships 2015 in Glasgow. Sophie is currently holds six world records, is ranked number 1 in the world in three events, number 2 in two events and number 3 in three events. Paralympics New Zealand supports many Para-Athletes, let us introduce a few...

17. Mary Fisher Sport:Para-Swimming Impairment (Disability):Visual impairment Mary was New Zealand's second most successful athlete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games breaking a world record and bringing home a haul of medals including gold, two silver and a bronze. Most recently she won three Gold and two Silver medals at the IPC Swimming World Championships 2015. Mary is currently ranked number 1 in the world in two events and number 2 in three events. Meet our Paralympic hopefuls...

18. Emma Foy and Laura Thompson Sport:Para-Cycling Impairment (Disability):Visual impairment (Emma) Sighted pilot (Laura) Emma and her sighted pilot Laura began 2015 with the successful defence of their World Champion title in the Women’s B 3km Pursuit at the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships in the Netherlands. Most recently they won two Silver medals at the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Switzerland. Emma is an outstanding athlete that only started her Para-Cycling career two and a half years ago. Laura is well known for the trifecta of medals she won as a sighted pilot for Phillipa Gray at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Laura has a strong sporting background including being a past member of the Tall Ferns NZ basketball team. Meet our Paralympic hopefuls...

19. Michael Johnson Sport:Para-Shooting Impairment (Disability):Loss of muscle power (Tetraplegia) Michael Johnson has represented New Zealand at three Paralympic Games, winning a medal at each. This year he set a new World Record and won three Gold medals at the IPC Shooting World Cup events in Poland and Turkey. Michael is looking forward to competing at the next IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney in September. Meet our Paralympic hopefuls...

20. Thank You for you supporting Paralympics New Zealand and our Para-Athletes journey to Rio 2016 and beyond! For more information (including more images) or questions please contact: Sarah Dance at sdance@paralympics.org.nz or 021 847 820sdance@paralympics.org.nz www.paralympics.org.nz www.facebook.com/paralympicsnewzealand #spiritofgold