The Zespri AIMS Games is Australasia’s largest junior sporting tournament, held annually in Tauranga Moana. Celebrating diversity, the Games provides an opportunity for adolescents from all demographics to compete in sporting competitions, to meet others from outside their normal peer group, and to learn and build on their social interaction skills. The AIMS Games Trust is a strategic partnership between the four founding intermediate schools (Otumoetai Intermediate, Mount Maunganui Intermediate, Tauranga Intermediate and Te Puke Intermediate), Sport Bay of Plenty and Tauranga City Council.
Advisory Trustees from Sport New Zealand, ACC and NZAIMS (New Zealand Association of Intermediate Middle Schooling) also work alongside the Trust to provide strategic advice on the continued development of the Zespri AIMS Games. Regional and national sporting organisations are actively involved in the Zespri AIMS Games to share knowledge and expertise in sports event governance, leadership, operational capability, and systems. Since its inception in 2004, the Zespri AIMS Games have grown from 760 competitors representing 17 schools and four sporting codes to the 2023 event hosting almost 12,000 competitors representing 373 schools and 25 sporting codes.
