{"id":630813,"date":"2026-10-14T23:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T23:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630813\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T23:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T23:16:09","slug":"expressions-of-interest-open-for-2027-pacific-games-long-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630813\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressions Of Interest Open For 2027 Pacific Games Long List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Athletics New Zealand is calling for Expressions of Interest from athletes who want to be considered for the Long List for the 2027 Pacific Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Games will be held in Tahiti, French Polynesia, from 24 July to 8 August 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Athletics New Zealand is required to submit a Long List of athletes to the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) by November 2026. To help with this process and gauge interest, we\u2019re asking all athletes who intend to seek selection for the Games to register through the Expression of Interest form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to register<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/events.mygameday.app\/event\/longlistnzoc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Games Expression of Interest form<\/a> by 5pm on Sunday 15 November 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full list of athletics events on the Pacific Games programme is included on the form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What happens next<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Submitting an Expression of Interest does not guarantee selection. Athletics New Zealand will publish the selection criteria for the 2027 Pacific Games at a later date, and we\u2019ll contact athletes who have registered their interest directly as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key details<\/p>\n<p>Event: 2027 Pacific GamesLocation: Tahiti, French PolynesiaDates: 24 July to 8 August 2027Expressions of Interest close: 5pm, Sunday 15 November 2026Register: <a href=\"https:\/\/events.mygameday.app\/event\/longlistnzoc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Expression of Interest form<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about the Games, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tahiti2027.pf\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official Tahiti 2027 website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Athletics New Zealand is calling for Expressions of Interest from athletes who want to be considered for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-630813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}