More than 25,000 visitors from around Australasia are headed to Tauranga for the AIMS games this weekend.
Around 14,000 kids from across the continent will be competing in 27 different sports.
AIMS Games tournament director Kelly Schischka told Heather duPlessis-Allan that there are 431 schools being represented, including new competitors from Fiji and the Cook Islands.
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