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 Aitanga ā Māhaki, Ngāti Porou) CANOE RACING
- Joelle KING (Ngāti Porou) SQUASH
- Portia Woodman (Ngāpuhi) RUGBY, SEVENS RUGBY
- Honey HIREME (Ngāti Raukawa) RUGBY LEAGUE
JUNIOR MĀORI SPORTSMAN – Te Tama ā Ranginui
- Lewis CLAREBURT (Waikato, Tainui) SWIMMING
- Te Kehukehu BUTLER (Ngāi Te Rangi) SURFING
- Dallas TEEPA (Ngāi Tūhoe) TOUCH FOOTBALL
- Oliver PARKINSON (Whakatōhea; Te Rarawa; Te Arawa) RUGBY/ATHLETICS
JUNIOR MĀORI SPORTSWOMAN – Te Tama ā Ranginui
- Gaibreill WAINOHU (Te Aitanga ā Māhaki, Ngāti Kahungunu) WAKA AMA
- Risaleaana POURI-LANE (Rangitāne, Ngāti Apa, Ngāi Tahu) RUGBY 7’s
- Montessa TAIRAKENA (Tainui) RUGBY 7’s, RUGBY
- Tayla EARLE (Tainui) NETBALL
MĀORI SPORTS COACH – Te Maru ō Tūmatauenga
- Alan BUNTING (Tūhourangi) RUGBY SEVENS
- Glen WILSON (Waikato) SQUASH
- Kiwi CAMPBELL (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a Apanui) WAKA AMA
- Noeline TAURUA (Ngāpuhi) NETBALL
MĀORI SPORTS TEAM – Ngā Ika a Whiro
- Joelle KING (Ngāti Porou) & Amanda Landers-Murphy (Taranaki, Te Atiawa)
- Waka Ama Wāhine Māori – IVF Va’a WORLD ELITE V6 500
- Māori All Blacks (USA & South American Tour)
MĀORI SPORTSPERSON WITH A DISABILITY – Te Toi Huarewa
- Cameron LESLIE (Ngāpuhi) PARA SWIMMING / WHEELCHAIR RUGBY
- Holly ROBINSON (Ngāi Tahu) Womens F46 Javelin
- Marcus THOMPSON (Ngāi Tahu) WAKA AMA
MĀORI SPORTS ADMINISTRATOR – Māui Tikitiki ā Taranga
- John DEVONSHIRE (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa) RUGBY LEAGUE
- Doreen JENSEN (Tainui, Maniapoto) AOTEAROA BOWLS
- Lawna KANI (Tainui) AOTEAROA MĀORI FOOTBALL
MĀORI UMPIRE/REFEREE – Te Aratiatia
- Glen JACKSON (Ngāi Tahu) RUGBY
- Amber CHURCH (Te Aitanga ā Māhaki) HOCKEY
- Desrae GARRATT (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Mutunga) TENNIS
INDIVIDUAL MĀORI WORLD CHAMPIONS
- Lisa CARRINGTON MNZM (Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-ā-Māhaki) CANOE RACING
- Shannon McILROY (Ngāti Porou) LAWN BOWLS
- Teneka HYNDMAN (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) NATURAL BODYBUILDING
- Marama Te Manewa ELKINGTON (Ngāti Toa Rangatira) WAKA AMA
- Gaibriell WAINOHU (Te Aitanga ā Māhaki, Ngāti Kahungunu) WAKA AMA
- Marcus THOMPSON (Ngāi Tahu) WAKA AMA
- Jo PIKIA (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) WAKA AMA
- Rota Elliott (Ngāti Awa, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) NATURAL BODYBUILDING
