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Kiwi Innovation Centre Stage At Special Olympics World Games
Monday, 12 June 2023, 10:14 am | Packaworld
Inflatable bocce courts developed in New Zealand will grace the stage of the world’s largest inclusive sporting event this month when they are used at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany. The World Games will attract 7,000 athletes from ... More >>
The NZ-made Temporary Line Markings Making Indoor Sports More Accessible
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 12:29 pm | Packaworld
A Kiwi business with a reputation for world-first innovations is continuing to make sport accessible to all with the official launch of Packaline – temporary indoor line markings designed for use in leisure and recreation centres. Designed by Wellington’s ... More >>
Portable Goals Help Young Kiwi Handballers Prepare For The Future
Monday, 28 September 2020, 3:23 pm | Packaworld
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2009/645ac1857e6bdce8dd2e.jpeg" width="720" height="540"> Inflatable handball goals from Wellington’s Packaworld International are helping handball grow in Auckland. Credit: ... More >>
Revolutionary bocce courts from NZ bring bocce to US resort
Tuesday, 9 April 2019, 3:00 pm | Packaworld
Picture a luxury golf resort set amongst sweeping beaches, tidal rivers, and wetlands teeming with wildlife. The surrounds at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina, might just be the most stunning setting for bocce ball anywhere in the United States. More >>
Kiwi innovation on show at USA state Special Olympics event
Monday, 21 May 2018, 12:03 pm | Packaworld
Inflatable bocce courts developed in New Zealand were centre stage at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Disney World, Orlando, on the weekend as part of the Special Olympics Florida State Summer Games. More >>
Kiwi courts grow Special Olympics bocce
Thursday, 1 March 2018, 2:11 pm | Packaworld
The nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines may be home to just 100,000 people, but that isn’t stopping it from sending a bocce team to the United Arab Emirates to compete at the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi. More >>
Portable bocce courts build Special Olympics participation
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 3:47 pm | Packaworld
The number of athletes playing bocce at the 2017 Special Olympics New Zealand National Summer Games increased by 28 per cent since the previous event – and inflatable courts from Wellington’s Packaworld International are a driving force behind the ... More >>
Kiwi technology takes Aussie water polo to the seas
Tuesday, 14 November 2017, 4:42 pm | Packaworld
Imagine playing water polo in a remote patch of ocean 20 kilometres off the coast of Western Australia or enjoying a major beach water polo tournament on the Sydney shoreline. This dream will become reality this summer thanks to Australian sporting ... More >>
Bocce Rolls into Wellington Village at the Park
Thursday, 2 November 2017, 12:01 pm | Packaworld
Wellington’s Village at the Park has become one of the first lifestyle villages in New Zealand to offer bocce after the ancient Italian sport graced its halls during Seniors’ Week. An introductory ‘have a go’ session was run by Packaworld International ... More >>
World-first Kiwi sporting solution helps goalball grow
Monday, 21 August 2017, 12:55 pm | Packaworld
The world’s first inflatable goalball goal has been created by a Kiwi company, offering a sport previously hampered by cumbersome equipment a new avenue to be easily transported and played in a wider variety of venues. More >>
Kiwi company helps bring joy of sport to Fijian school
Thursday, 10 August 2017, 2:40 pm | Packaworld
Media release Packaworld International 9 August 2017 Kiwi company helps bring sport back to Fijian school New Zealand company Packaworld International has sent portable football goals to the Fijian village of Namara to help bring the joy of sport to ... More >>
Portable posts debut at world-first blind rugby match
Thursday, 6 July 2017, 4:57 pm | Packaworld
The world’s first blind rugby international was played at QBE Stadium in Auckland today, featuring another world-first: truly portable full-size rugby posts. More >>
Kiwi innovation breaks down barriers at Special Olympics
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 10:57 am | Packaworld
Innovative inflatable sports courts produced by New Zealand company Packaworld International will take the field at the Latin American Special Olympics Games in Panama this April, along with more than 800 athletes from 21 countries. More >>
Portable posts from NZ build passion for rugby in USA
Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 2:23 pm | Packaworld
Over 600 players and more than 3,000 fans had a new experience at one of the USA’s largest junior rugby tournaments, thanks to one of a kind portable Junior Rugby Packaposts designed by New Zealand company Packaworld International. More >>
World’s biggest cruise line introduces new take on ancient
Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 2:37 pm | Packaworld
Cruise ships operated by Carnival Cruise Line have added bocce to their list of on-board activities, thanks to an inflatable court developed by New Zealand company Packaworld. More >>
Kiwi innovation ‘a revelation’ for sport of bocce
Thursday, 15 September 2016, 10:47 am | Packaworld
An innovative inflatable bocce court produced by New Zealand company Packaworld International has the potential to revolutionise the global sport of bocce. More >>
Blind Football launch first to use inflatable technology
Monday, 15 August 2016, 11:57 am | Packaworld
Friday's launch of New Zealand Blind Football in Auckland was the first event of its kind internationally to use inflatable advertising hoardings and goals. More >>
Football goals help teachers overcome the language barrier
Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 11:38 am | Packaworld
A gift of two inflatable nursery football goals has helped volunteers in the Cambodian village of Prasat overcome language barriers and delight children and teachers, according to Wellington early childhood teacher Maeve O’Neill. More >>
Football goals help teachers overcome the language barrier
Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 11:28 am | Packaworld
A gift of two inflatable nursery football goals has helped volunteers in the Cambodian village of Prasat overcome language barriers and delight children and teachers, according to early childhood teacher Maeve O’Neill. More >>
P&O introduces sport of bocce
Monday, 14 March 2016, 12:21 pm | Packaworld
Three cruise ships operated by P&O Cruises have added the sport of bocce to their list of on-board activities, thanks to an innovative portable court developed by a New Zealand company. More >>
