4th in the World at the ‘World Secondary Schools Sevens Championships’ held at Bell Park Pakuranga, Auckland on the 14 & 15 December 2018. Maori had to surrender 6X players to the NZ Condor sevens team, and Maori players were spread across Samoa, Nuie, Cook Islands and Australia – shows the depth of our talent…
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BY LORETTA RACENovember 29th, 2018 Kiwi teenager Lewis Clareburt topped off his breakout year with yet another accolade. This week, the surprise Commonwealth Games bronze medalist in the 400m IM took home the Tama a Ranginui Award at the 2018 Māori Awards Ceremony. Arriving in New Zealand more than 1,000 years ago from their Polynesian homeland of Hawaiki, Māori are the…
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8 time world champion canoe paddler, Lisa Carrington MNZM (Te Aitanga ā Māhaki, Ngāti Porou) took out the ‘Rongmaraeroa’ Māori Sportsperson of the year for a fifth time, and in the process took out the ‘Hineahuone’ Senior Māori Sportswoman Award for an incredible seventh time. Other major winners on the night were; Senior Māori Sportsman…
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Winners of the 2018 awards are as follows: Coach Award Noelene Taurua (Ngapuhi, Ngati Whatua, Ngati Rehia) Silver Ferns head coach and a highly ranked coach in netball. Noeline has taken a new start up club (Sunshine Coast lightning) to back to back winners of the Australian Suncorp Super Netball championship – regarded as the…
Continue reading → FINALISTS & INDIVIDUAL MAORI WORLD CHAMPIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2018 MAORI SPORTS AWARDS SENIOR MĀORI SPORTSMAN – Te Tama ā Tanenuiārangi: Sam GAZE (Te Atiawa) MOUNTAIN BIKE Shannon McIlroy (Ngāti Porou) LAWN BOWLS Rieko IOANE (Te Whānau a Apanui) RUGBY Dallin WATENE-ZELEZNIAK (Ngāti Maru) RUGBY LEAGUE SENIOR MĀORI SPORTSWOMAN – Hineahuone: Lisa Carrington (Te…
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