November 13, 2018
Māori Sports Awards finalists announced
Māori Sports Awards finalists announced
Finalists and individual Māori World champions have been announced for the 2018 Māori Sports awards that get underway on Saturday 24 November at the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau
Chief Executive of Te Tohu Takaaro o Aotearoa Charitable Trust, Dick Garratt from Ngai Tuhoe says one of the greatest challenges is to get nominations from different Maori and tauiwi sport organisations.
He says alot of times Māori won't put themselves forward.
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
* Dalin 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
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