2emailprint 32-year-old New Zealander Marama Kake, known locally as “the naked surfer” in Sunshine beach – Queensland, Australia, hits the waves in the buff in promotion of sustainable surfing. I’m not out there to get everyone to look at me, I just love the sensation and simplicity of surfing in my ‘sustainability suit” You’ve got [...]
The IRB Junior World Championship kicks off in South Africa next month and Maori Television will be the place to watch. As the exclusive national broadcaster of the three-week tournament, Maori Television will screen 15 games, with all the New Zealand games live. Delayed games will be played over breakfast and fans will have the [...]
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FIJI BOXERS NEED HELP TO GET TO SAMOA FOR PACIFIC RIM BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP Press Release: Pacific Rim Boxing Championship (9th May 2012) The plight of Fijian boxers to take part in the inaugural Pacific Rim Boxing Championship (PRBC) hits another hurdle by failing to secure sponsorship, three weeks away from the first leg in Samoa. [...]
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Maori Party MP for Waiariki, Te Ururoa Flavell, is endorsing the call by the NZ M?ori Hockey and NZ Maori Netball associations for Maori sports teams to be recognised in their own right to participate at an international level. “Our policy has focused on the value of assisting M?ori sports achievers at a national level [...]
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Ngati Rangitihi has retained their title as the reigning champions of the Te Arawa Games. Official results released by event organisers Te Papa Takaro o Te Arawa today show Ngati Rangitihi scooping up a total of 5797 points, 877 points ahead of second place getters Rangiwewehi (4920). According to Project Coordinator Lisa Mansell the scores [...]
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Former New Zealand rugby league coach Tony (Tank) Gordon has died in Rotorua after a long illness. Gordon, a convert to league from rugby union at which he was blockbusting wing three-quarter and fullback for King Country, played for and coached Bay of Plenty and the Kiwis in the 1980s. Following his New Zealand tenure, [...]
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By Laura Wharepapa | Iwi and Hapu get ready to gather for what is described as the biggest whanau sports event in Te Arawa. The Te Arawa games hosted by Te Papatakaro o Te Arawa and implemented by the Te Arawa Pride Project, will see over 13 hapu participate in competitive and non competitive games ranging [...]
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Hutt City will host the 2016 Aotearoa New Zealand Maori Bowls tournament. The decision was made by the national Aotearoa Bowls Meeting in Whangarei at the end of this year’s tournament which attracted more than 500 bowlers. Wainuiomata Bowling Club president, Rawiri Evans, said the Wainuiomata Bowls Club would be the headquarters for the event [...]
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Emirates Team New Zealand’s Camper left the dock for the start of Leg 4 to Auckland on Sunday 19 February with a stirring haka farewell from performing group Pounamu. Earlier, Maori culture mixed with Chinese dragons as kapa haka took centre stage at the official handover ceremony from Sanya to Auckland as the Volvo Ocean [...]
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(Mike Munro) Annie Doyle is an incredible Mum with her head in the clouds. Leaving her husband and children at home, she is attempting to become only the second mother to climb the highest peaks on Earth’s seven continents and the first Maori woman to do so. Mike Munro follows Annie as she prepares to [...]
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