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Sports Personality of the Year
Leilani Joyce
Sports Administrator of the Year
Cathy Friend
Junior Sports Woman of the Year
Rewa Hudson
Junior Sports Man of the Year
Mark Stanaway
Female Athlete with a Disability
Corrine Rowe
Male Athlete with a Disability
Reweti Cameron
Coach of the Year
Matiu Te Pou
Senior Sports Woman of the Year
Leilani Joyce
Senior Sports Man of the Year
Jason Wynyard
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1997 MĀORI SPORTS AWARDS
Scholarships
Moana Pacific 2000
Adrianne Ngawati (Ngapuhi)
Triathlon
Ben Dellaca (Te Arawa)
Swimming
Chris Blair (Ngai Tahu)
Badminton
Jayson Herbert (Ngati Porou)
Yachting
Lance Bryant (Ngati Kahungunu)
Boxing
Lara Petera (Te Aupouri)
Squash
Mark Stanaway (Ngapuhi)
Ice Racing
Rawea Greenwood (Te Atiawa)
Cycling
Raymond Yee (Ngati Wai)
Karate
Renee Flavell (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngapuhi)
Badminton
Shelley Kitchen (Ngapuhi)
Squash
Sian Law (Ngati Toa)
Wrestling
Tane Strickland (Te Atiawa, Te Aupouri)
Swimming
Vanessa Dempsey (Te Atiawa)
Yachting
Verina Wihongi (Ngai Tuhoe)
Tae Kwon Do
Whetu Hamahona (Ngati Tuwharetoa)
Hockey/Touch
Laura Mariu (Ngati Tuwharetoa)
Softball/Touch/Netball
Shelley Pascoe (Ngati Porou, Tainui)
Barefoot Waterskiing
Monique Hippolite (Ngati Koata, Ngati Toa)
Roller Skating
Rewa Hudson (Whakatohea)
Tennis
Lydia Lipscomber (Ngai Tahu)
Swimmer
Reweti Cameron (Ngai Tuhoe)
Swimming, Wheelchair Basketball
KPMG
Farah Palmer (Ngati Mahuta)
Rugby Union
Kurt Pittman (Ngati Wai)
Rugby League
Lee-Ann Sperling (Tainui, Ngati Kahu)
Netball
Scott Palmer (Te Aupouri)
Rugby Union
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