Inside the Maori Golf Champs (Daily Post)
0emailprint By Greg Taipari | LINING IT UP: Waihoroi Shortland (left) lines up a shot during his round at Lake View Golf Club.PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER It’s one of the most successful and popular golfing tournaments, although often it’s more about camaraderie than competition. Ask actor, writer and former Te Karere presenter Waihoroi Shortland, what makes the Maori Golf [...]
Ka rere kaupare atu nei te mihi uruhau, ki nga maunga whakahi, ki nga wai whakariporipo, ki nga pa taunaha, ki nga hapori o Te Arawa…Tihei mauri ora! Registrations for the 2012 Te Arawa Ki o Rahi Challenge are now OPEN!!! Date: Monday Nights, 7th February – 19 March 2012 (Starts on Tuesday due to Waitangi weekend) [...]
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Lake Karapiro will come alive with New Zealand Post Waka Ama Championships The 2012 New Zealand Post National Waka Ama Sprint Championships are taking place at Lake Karapiro (Cambridge) From Tuesday 17th through to Saturday 21st January. Close to 2500 paddlers will descend upon the lake, along with an estimated 10,000 spectators throughout the [...]
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Nathan, white shirt, training during a tour of Great Britain in which he broke his jaw for a second time [GALLO/GETTY] Waka Nathan’s life as an All Black could hardly be more different than that of the 15 men who will run out at Eden Park to face France in the Rugby World Cup final [...]
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Kia Ora Rotorua! Here is the final Rugby World Cup update from Rotorua District Council. If you’re not going away for the long weekend, come along to the final Fanzone at Rotorua Energy Events Centre, Sunday 23 October. The celebrations begin at 4.30pm with a street parade from the Village Green. Doors will open at [...]
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A Three Day Festival Event Celebrating Maori Rugby, Culture, Arts & Cuisine 11th October – Kia Ora Challenge Day FREE – Village green 10am till 3pm Join us to compete and enjoy some great Rugby focussed activities. Try ki-o-rahi with Buck Shelford, test your rugby skills or learn the haka. 12th October – MANAAKITANGA – [...]
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A Ngati Whatua leader is angry the Waka Maori venue for Auckland’s waterfront is continuing to be used as a political football. Te Runanga o Ngati Whatua chairman, Naida Glavish, says the ongoing sniping from Labour MP Shane Jones is insidious, short on facts, and disloyal to his people. “Shane should pause and think about [...]
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This is rugby at its best… With New Zealand’s biggest rugby event making its way from the south, the Hawke’s Bay Maori Business Network will host a Global Sevens Tournament for rugby supporters. Over 280 players from around the world making up 20 teams from competing countries. When: Saturday Oct 15, 2011 (7.45am-8pm) Where: Havelock North, [...]
Continue reading …Extra Fanzone for fans missing out on tickets to Ireland v Russia match
September 20, 2011 No Comment
If you can’t be at Rotorua’s sell-out Ireland vs Russia Rugby World Cup 2011 match on Sunday evening (25 September) then the next best place to be will at the city’s special Fanzone being set up at the Energy Events Centre. Rotorua District Council is scheduling the additional free Fanzone for fans who missed out [...]
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On Saturday at around lunchtime, six hours before the Springboks showed just how tough and ruthless they can be, I had my hair cut by the grandson of an All Black the media called “tough” and who the grandson called “ruthless”. It’s a strange thing to have sat down in a barber’s chair, been gowned [...]
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