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unusual facts about New Zealand Maori


Christian Cullen

Cullen also claimed to be 'about' 1/64th Māori which allowed him to play for the New Zealand Māori.


2008 New Zealand rugby league season

As the All Golds they played a match against the New Zealand Māori in New Plymouth.

2009 mid-year rugby union tests

Initial plans were that the Boks would play a late May test against neighbours Namibia at Windhoek, to be followed by a match in Soweto with New Zealand Māori.

Billy Stead

Stead also played provincially for Southland, and later coached various teams, including Southland and the New Zealand Māori.

Bodene Thompson

Thompson played for the New Zealand Māori in 2010 against England.

Bronx Goodwin

In 2008 he played for the New Zealand Māori side in the curtain raiser to the 2008 World Cup.

Bryce Robins

In 2003 he also made the New Zealand Maori team to play Tonga, England and Canada, scoring a try in his sole start playing at second five-eighth in their win against the Canadian All Stars.

Chase Stanley

He did, however, represent the New Zealand Māori in the curtain-raiser to the Australia v New Zealand World Cup match, kicking one goal and scoring a long-range intercept try.

Daniel Conn

Conn is able to play for Greece and New Zealand Māori.

Darren Rameka

Rameka played for the New Zealand Māori in the 1994 Pacific Cup.

Dick Uluave

Uluave represented the Manwatu district and played for New Zealand Māori.

Evan Richards

Richards would captain Swansea in the 1887/88 season, and during 1888, he refereed two matches in the New Zealand Māori's tour of Europe; the matches against Welsh clubs, Cardiff and Newport.

Fred Ah Kuoi

Ah Kuoi made his international debut for New Zealand Māori in 1975, at the age of 18.

Jamie Noon

England Saxons honours in the 2004 Churchill Cup followed as he played against Canada and scored in the final against the New Zealand Maori, while the 2004-05 Zurich Premiership was to prove a major success as he was named joint vice captain of the Falcons.

Jamie Soward

In October 2008 he was selected in the Indigenous Dreamtime team to play New Zealand Māori, as the curtain raiser to the Australia v New Zealand 2008 Rugby League World Cup match.

Kevin Tamati

He has coached the New Zealand Māori, and professionally for Salford, Chorley Borough, Lancashire Lynx, British Army Rugby League and Whitehaven.

Leroy Joe

While playing for the Otahuhu Leopards in 1994 Joe was selected to represent New Zealand Māori at the Pacific Cup.

Mark Horo

In 2010 he was the co-coach of the New Zealand Māori side with Richie Blackmore.

Horo currently coached in New South Wales and is the co-coach of the New Zealand Māori team.

Nathan Picchi

Picchi played for the Hawkes Bay Unicorns in the 1995 Lion Red Cup and also represented the New Zealand Māori.

In 1998, he played for Manawatu and again represented New Zealand Māori.

Oscar Danielson

Born in Samoa, this qualified him for the New Zealand Māori side under the rules at the time and he played for them twice, in 1964 when they defeated France 7-5 and in 1968 against NSW Country.

Paddy Wallace

Over the summer he played in the United States and Canada in the Barclays Churchill Cup with the Ireland A team playing at out-half in all three of Ireland's games, the wins over USA and England Saxons and the defeat to the New Zealand Māori.

Paul Rauhihi

In 1996 Rauhihi played for the New Zealand Māori side that toured PNG and then competed in the Pacific Challenge Series.

Riki Papakura

From Rotorua, Papakura toured Australia twice with the New Zealand Māori side; in 1908 with the original touring party and again as captain of the 1909 New Zealand Māori side, he also represented Australasia.

Sandor Earl

In 2010 he was named in the New Zealand Māori team that played against England.

Willie Southorn

Southorn played for Taranaki and the New Zealand Māori side.


see also

Dansey

Harry Dansey, New Zealand Māori journalist, cartoonist, writer

Don Selwyn

He was a founding member of the New Zealand Maori Theatre Trust and directed the 2002 film The Merchant of Venice, the first Maori language feature film with English subtitles.

John Dory

In New Zealand, Māori know it as kuparu, and on the East Coast of the North Island, they gave some to Captain James Cook on his first voyage to New Zealand in 1769.

Paul McHugh

He graduated LL.B.(Hons I) from Victoria University of Wellington, LLM (Saskatchewan), and obtained his PhD at Cambridge with his dissertation "The aboriginal rights of the New Zealand Maori at common law" (which was awarded a Yorke Prize in 1988).

Tom French Cup

Carl Hayman was awarded the Tom French Cup in both 2004 and 2006, and was instrumental in helping New Zealand Māori defeat the British and Irish Lions for the first time in 2005.