The 2015 25th Māori Sports Awards winners and recipients are:
MĀUI TIKITIKI-Ā-TARANGA – Māori Sports Administrator of the Year:
Lana Aitken (Ngāi Te Rangi) – TE WHAKAPAKARI TĪNANA
TE ARATIATIA – Māori Sports Umpire/Referee of the Year:
Glen Jackson (Ngāi Tahu) – RUGBY
TE TOIHUAREWA – Disabled Māori Sports Person of the Year:
Emma Foy (Ngāti Kahu) – PARA-CYCLING
NGĀ IKA Ā WHIRO – Māori Sports Team of the Year:
Aotearoa Maori Secondary Schools team – Winners of the International Secondary School Challenge tournament
TE MARU Ō TŪMATAUENGA – Māori Sports Coach of the Year:
Jamie Joseph (Rangitāne) – RUGBY
2015 Individual Maori World Champions
Lisa CARRINGTON (Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-ā-Mahaki) – CANOE RACING
Jason WYNYARD (Ngāti Maniapoto) – WOODCHOPPING
2015 Maori in World Champion Teams
NZ U/18 Basketball – World 3X3 Basketball Champions
Tai WYNYARD – Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāpuhi, Tainui
Nikau McCULLOUGH – Ngāpuhi
World UCI Para-Cycling Road & Track Champion
Emma FOY Ngati Kahu ki Whangaroa
NZ Junior All Blacks – U/20 World Rugby Champions
Otere BLACK – Ngai Tūhoe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Akira IOANE -Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāpuhi
Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi – Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Tunohopu
Sean WAINUI – Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou
NZ All Black Sevens – World Sevens Champions
Sarah GOSS – Ngāti Kahungunu
Carla HOHEPA – Tainui, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Tuwharetoa
Tyla NATHAN-WONG – Ngāpuhi
Jordon WEBBER – Ngati Ranginui
Portia WOODMAN – Ngāpuhi
Honey HIREME – Ngāti Raukawa
Kayla McAlISTER – Te Ati Awa
Shiray TANE – Ngati Maniapoto
Kat WHATA-SIMPKINS – Te Arawa
Gayle BROUGHTON – Ngāti Ruahine, Ngāti Ruanui
Morgan MORROW – Ngāpuhi
Alexis TAPSELL – Ngāti Pikiao
Selica WINIATA – Ngāti Raukawa
NZ ALL Blacks – World Rugby Champions
Liam MESSAM – Ngai Tūhoe
Aaron SMITH – Ngāti Kahungunu
Dane COLES – Ngāti Porou
Nehe MILNER-SKUDDER – Ngāti Porou, Tapuika
TJ PERENARA – Ngāti Rangitihi
Cody Taylor – Muapoko, Ngāti Raukawa
Joe Moody – Ngāi Tahu
Tawera Kerr-Barlow – Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto
KaiMatariki Aotearoa (tug-o-war) – World Indigenous Olympics Champions
Anna Maria Tripp – Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa
Sheridan Mereana Rose Ashby- Ngāpuhi
Xzaviar Broughton – Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kuri
Jonnine Te Rakauramai Lai – Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Tirakahurangi Wineera – Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ihipera Mahinarangi Maipi-Edwards – Waikato, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi
Hinemoana Pardoe-Crawford – Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Ngāpuhi
Davina Thompson Te Arawa – Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Awa
Te Hirini-Mei Natana – Ngāti Kurī
Hera Waitai – Ngāti Kurī
TE TAMAHINE-Ā-PAPATŪĀNUKU – Junior Māori Sportswoman of the Year:
Stacey Waaka (Ngāi Tūhoe) – RUGBY SEVENS
TE TAMA-Ā-RANGINUI – Junior Māori Sportsman of the Year:
Akira Ioane (Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāpuhi) – RUGBY
HINEAHUONE – Senior Māori Sportswoman of the Year:
Lisa Carrington (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki) – CANOE RACING
TE TAMA-Ā-TANENUIĀRANGI – Senior Māori Sportsman of the Year:
Nehe Milner-Skudder (Ngāti Porou, Tapuika) – RUGBY
RONGOMARAEROA
THE ALBIE PRYOR MEMORIAL MAORI SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD
Lisa CARRINGTON (Ngati Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki) – CANOE RACING
EXTRAORDINARY AWARD – BEST MALE & FEMALE SPORTSPERSON OF THE PAST 25 YEARS
Manukura – “Supreme Male Athlete”
Michael CAMPBELL CNZM (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru) – GOLF
Mareikura – “Supreme Female Athlete”
Lisa CARRINGTON CNZM (Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-ā-Mahaki) – CANOE RACING
