SKY TOWER TO TURN GOLD IN CELEBRATION OF DAME VALERIE ADAMS & THE PREMIERE FOR "MORE THAN GOLD"

The premiere for five-time Olympian, Kiwi icon, and Tongan leader Dame Valerie Adams film will take place at Sky City Theatre this evening (Wednesday 12th October) and to mark the occasion and the first time for a film, the Sky Tower will light up in gold.

Nirupa George, SkyCity Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, comments “Dame Valerie Adams is a New Zealand and Tongan icon, we are proud to be hosting the premiere of her documentary and it is a delight to be able to light the sky tower in gold in her honour as she celebrates her life story and career to date.”

Competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games required all the shot-putter’s determination and courage. At 36, following two major surgeries and the birth of her children, she was considered an ‘older’ athlete. Struggling to balance her role as a mum with her job as an elite sportsperson, Dame Valerie was forced to navigate emotions every mother will identify with. Woven around observational scenes of Dame Valerie’s journey to Tokyo, is her astonishing backstory.

Over the course of 25 years, Dame Valerie has conquered adversity time and time again. Many New Zealanders believe they know Dame Valerie Adams, but in Dame Valerie Adams: MORE THAN GOLD, Dame Valerie shares her story with honesty and vulnerability exposing her in a way few high-profile people dare. The feature is destined to resonate with ordinary New Zealanders in an extraordinarily human way.

Watch the trailer below - 

For those who have faced hardship, lost someone they loved, or held onto a dream, this film will deliver. It is both funny and gut-wrenching as Dame Valerie shows us what it means to be a world-class competitor and a person for whom winning means more than gold.

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Take a look back at the time she shared some of her journey with us in this video