The Rotorua leg will begin at the Rotorua Police Station on Fenton St on Wednesday, November 8 at 11am.
Special Olympics athletes and local police will carry the Flame of Hope up Fenton St, down Hinemoa St and then down Tutanekai St to the Lake Rotorua lake front. They will be joined by students from a number of local primary and secondary schools, who will attend to cheer the torch runners on.
Gibson said that in addition to raising awareness of Special Olympics in New Zealand, the torch run helped to promote and support the Special Olympics' Athlete Leadership Programme that provides athletes with the tools and experiences to become leaders in their own right and to speak for themselves.
"The support of the New Zealand Police and other service personnel is hugely valued and we look forward to taking to the streets with them as we move throughout the country," she said.
Director of the Law Enforcement Torch Run NZ Inspector Mark Harrison said once again they were delighted to support the build up to the National Summer Games.
"Law enforcement staff are proud to run alongside the athletes through our communities as the Flame of Hope makes its way to the Games in Wellington.
"The flame represents so much of what policing is about - it stands for hope, courage, opportunity, inspiration and equality," he said.
The Rotorua leg of the LETR is one of 31 torch run events taking place throughout New Zealand in the lead-up to the Special Olympics National Summer Games in Wellington.
More than 1300 athletes from 42 Special Olympics Clubs and three schools will take part in this year's Games, which will take place from November 27 to December 1.
Held every four years, the Special Olympics New Zealand National Summer Games is the largest event for athletes with intellectual disabilities in New Zealand. The games are run by Special Olympics New Zealand, which provided a year-round programme of sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
It is a different organisation to Paralympics New Zealand, which supports people with physical disabilities to compete in elite international para sport events.