The ngau tuara phenomenon.

                   The ngau tuara phenomenon.


Ngau tuara-translated literally means back stabber.  In my circle of friends though varied they maybe. You need to be prepared for my family/friends rants and raves always comical you need a sense of humour especially if
you role with me. At times it may get serious the trick is learning to differentiate between the tone and text of the conversation. My dad is the head honcho. For someone who has been confined to a wheelchair. In fact my whole family we're all ngau tuara's(back stabbers).

My family (me and my brother) play fopr our tupuna.

 Playing the game I love because my brother and I feel it's entrenched in our
blood. We both played for the jersey and the very proud tradition my whanau who include Tonga Mahuta, Pop Raihe, Harry Waikai, Rick Muru.

NZ Maori

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Wednesday October 9^th
Re: New Zealand Maori Invitation XIII to play Murri Queensland Indigenous Side.
New Zealand Maori Rugby League chairman John Devonshire is delighted NRL players Sam Rapira, Bodene Thompson and Charlie Gubb have made themselves available for the NZ Maori side and their two match series against the visiting Murri Queensland Indigenous side. "We also had Adam Blair from the West Tigers and Api Pewhairangi from the Parramatta Eels but Adam needs off season surgery and Api has been selected to play in the world cup for Ireland through his mothers ancestry."
The experience these three bring to the side will be a huge boost and along with New South Wales Cup players Steve Waetford, Kurt Kara and Scott Jones, this too will also help the cause.
It's a good mix with young Warriors Holden Cup player Kouma Samson and Waikato teenager Hamiora Mihaka also being named in the side. Mihaka has had a huge season with his championship winning club side Taniwharau, representing Waikato and his zone Waicoa Bay, attending the Universities World Cup in England with the NZ Students and now the NZ Maori team. The nineteen year old fullback or centre certainly will relish the opportunity to rub shoulders with these higher skilled players.
Maori rugby league has a huge history in New Zealand rugby league plus the numbers that play the game around the country at all levels, especially south of Auckland where the Maori communities exist, places such as Huntly in the Waikato, Waitara in Taranaki, Gisborne Tairawhiti, Te Awa Kairangi in Wellington. It is an awesome opportunity to build relationships with our Aboriginal Indigenous brothers.
The Murri People are part of the Artie Beeston Foundation, named after one of Australia's finest players obviously of Aboringal descent. Beetson's sons along with former NRL stars Tony Currie and Nathan Black lock will be part of the Queensland entourage.
Game One: Davies Park, Huntly   3.00pm   Saturday October 19^th
Game Two: Puketawhero Park, Rotorua   3.30pm   Saturday October 26^th

New Zealand Maori Rugby League XIII to play Queensland Murri Indigenous

No.	Name	Club	Competition	Based
1	Steve Waetford	Auckland Vulcan's	NSW Cup	Auckland
2	Thyme Nikau	Howick Hornets	Fox Memorial	Auckland
3	Rusty Bristow	Papakura Sea Eagles	Fox Memorial	Auckland
4	Zebastion Luisi	Howick Hornets	Fox Memorial	Auckland
5	Tee Mahe	Glenora Bears	Fox Memorial	Auckland
6	Cody Walker	Mount Albert Lions	Fox Memorial	Auckland
7	Jody Henry	Brisbane North Devils	Queensland Cup	Brisbane
8	Sam Rapira	NZ Warriors	NRL	Auckland
9	Kurt Kara	Newtown Jets	NSW Cup	Sydney
10	Charlie Gubb	NZ Warriors	NRL	Auckland
11	Bodene Thompson	West Tigers	NRL	Sydney
12	Rulon Nutira	Hornby Panthers	Canterbury	Christchurch
13	Scott Jones	Canberra Mounties	NSW Cup	Canberra
14	Hamiora Mihaka	Taniwharau	Waicoa	Hamilton
15	Tony Tuia	Howick Hornets	Fox Memorial	Auckland
16	Jay Pukepuke	Halswell Hornets	Canterbury	Christchurch
17	Kouma Samson	NZ Warriors	Holden Cup	Auckland

Kaumatua Pokaia Nepia
Coach Daryn Pirini
Manager Anaru Thompson
Trainer Anaru Tara
Physio Arianna Carroll

 

 

 

 

NZ Maori v England 18 all,  October, 2010

NZ Maori line up before the match. All Golds v New Zealand Maori at
Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth. Sunday, 12 October 2008

 

 

 

polyfest wesly college contribution.



The Polyfest now is massive with the practises of each specific cultural item back then it was known as the intersecs. Back in the seventies late seventies to be exact there were the intersecs held at St.Stephens back in the days when it was an all boyz school. Our head boy was Temuera Morrison. He was a cool leader he and his cousin Hiwaroa were members of our Polynesian group

Turangawaewae rugby league.  My first rugby league club. I've played for club most of my life.

I then played for Taniwharau,  Otahuhu. Then had stint of playing the other code for Taupiri rugby.

Now I'm back playing for Turangawawae Rugby League. A non playing member obviously.

The Māori have had a wonderful record of beating international touring teams over the years. In 1983 they visited Britain and a side containing future Kiwis stars like Hugh McGahan, Dean Bell and Clayton Friend proved too strong for the amateur opposition they played. For many years, the Māori have competed in the Pacific Cup alongside other teams with a strong presence of New Zealand-based players—Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands, so they thought it was right they should have the opportunity to follow these teams to the World Cup. The invitation to the Māori to take part in the 2000 World Cup came about as a result of promises made to them by the defunct Super League International Board at the height of the Super League war that tore the game apart in the southern hemisphere.

 

The historic waka (canoe) Te Winika, seen here on the Waikato River in 1971, was restored by a team of carvers led by Piri Poutapu in the 1930s. Poutapu, who had a carving school at Tūrangawaewae marae, researched Waikato carving styles and carved the bow, figurehead, sternpost and sides. In 1973 the Māori queen, Dame Te Ātairangikaahu, gifted Te Winika to Waikato Museum.

Steven Adams (born 28 July 1993) is a New Zealand professional basketball player who currently plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers, he was labeled a top international prospect for the NBA.^[1] Adams was selected by the Thunder with the 12th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft
His father, Sid Adams, was an Englishman who settled in New Zealand after serving in the Royal Navy. Steven was the youngest of Sid's 18 children with five different women; his mother is Tongan. Steven's siblings and half-siblings are notable for their unusual size and athletic prowess. Adam's brothers average 6'9" (2.06 m), and his sisters average 6' (1.83 m).^[2]
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nga waka taua o Tainui

As an ex-kaihoe (paddler) of nga waka taua o Tainui (war canoes of tainui.) It .felt like a huge honour and privelege to rowing those big
waka up and down the the waikato river. For our ariki then and now. now our king and geusts. The names of the t

the Delta and Waiparn synonymous with Ngaruawahia for family and freinds of Ngaruawahia.  

If you're a visitor to the never nevers of Ngaruawahia there are only four places.... No! change that to two places - to frequent for an evenings entertainment.

The Delta tavern and the Waipa tavern. These two taverns are synonymous with the two local rugby league clubs in Ngaruawahia.

The Waipa Tavern

 



 In todays vernacular what has become known as the battle of the bridge.

 



my desires feed me more.



My daily diary has become like a drug to (a natural high though.)

Like a drug feeds the bodys' need
for fulfilment.
          

nga whanaunga.

When I was young I would spend heaps of my holiday time at all my


anau's situated in many areas throughout Te ika-a-Maui (north Island).
From Maungaturoto in the North. Wairoa and, Ruatoria on the east coast.
Was this a fiendish plan of my parents. All'n'all it seems to have worked
out all for the good. I still have strong whanau bonds with all my whanau
now!

To be more descriptive I have very strong bonds with all my whanau.

My first experience of motion sickness

My first experience of motion sickness.  Being a teen my first experience as a teen this phemenon was on the back of the back of the mokai truck.







learning te reo

learning te reo has become a priority to me.  

now looking back at my secondary school years they were some of happiest times of my life now in retrospect.  I was sent to boarding school inistially being homeboy. I hated it. But as the days slowly rolled into months, and the months rolled into years four years to be exact.

Three years iiniatly, then I left  went back to my local high school then I got a job  at the local freezing works with my dad earned enough dosh I decided to return to  Wesley to play rugby and to enjoy myself. And that I did. Oblivious to all the troubles in  the world. A selfish viewpoint you may think. Well what can one say youthful exuberence.

  




 

 

I'm writing this particular peice on Auckland because I was there.

 Where you may ask yourself. The queen street riots. Why have I chosen this media piece to comment on. Its because present with good work with the MANA party co-leader taukuta(doctor) Pita Sharples. The reason I've chosen this peice to comment on is, Pita Sharples is constantly in the news. As a kiwi voter I would vote for him. Seeing this maori leader under pressure in a situation that being unfamiliar to him and handling himself, in a way befitting to a person of his status.

 

 

 MY  GOLDEN MEMORIES AS A PPK.

  
   At the time as a PPK my memories were an indelible part of my physce as a paru pa kid.
 At the time they may not have seemed significant to me.

But in essence in actual fact,I was witnessing history. 

With names such asTumokai Katipa, 99and the renowned kaumatua with names such as Rua Cooper, 

Pumi Taituha.
All those names have haere ki tua o te arai. Translated it means beyond the veil of death, which means they have died.









 

All the bullshit this young PPK spoke. This young PPK tryed spinning back in the day.

Like when I was young. There I was, a PPK down the pa(marae) hoping to hook up with my other freinds.

Like one monday arriving at school to the shocking news that one of my PP
K buds hung himself. There we were, all stunned by the news. I distinctly
recall arriving at school one monday morning to the news that the teams
star had committed suicide.

Back in the day there were a hard core group of boyz who would hang together. Back in day there was the term Pa rebels (a small group
of primary boys who would hang together, all played rugby league together. Caused trouble, all swam together down the river. Walk up and down both sides of the river. Visiting as many of  the old bays together as we could.
With such names like Morgans bay, naked paradise, the point, pharohs
pools.
    Using todays modern day colloquial terminology PPK's which
stands Paru Pa Kids with names like Hoki, Steven and Jackie Mahara

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JJ