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“And I remember telling people ‘I’m going to be an Olympian’, because that was my dream.” A teacher at Rotorua Lakes High then asked if she’d like to run in a Para cross country race. “And I was like ‘What is that?’” Terry recalls. She gave it a go – and won the national senior girls 2km Para title. “Then when I found out there were Paralympics, it was just incredible. It opened so many more doors for me. And I learned I wasn’t the only one out there.” Now 20, Terry isn’t just a talented Para athlete who excels in swimming, and won the archery title at the w...

Young athletes impress with strength, speed and skill at Halberg Games 26 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM Quick Read Young athletes competed on the field in the Halberg Games over Anzac Weekend. Photo / Photoport NZ Herald By: Alex Robertson Last weekend a record 195 young athletes from all over New Zealand competed in the Halberg Games at King's College in Auckland. The three-day event, rescheduled from last October due to Covid restrictions, was a chance for contestants with a physical disability or visual impairment to compete in 20 different sports including swimming, wheelchair basketball and rugby, ...

Prime Minister, Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Sport & Recreation, Hon Grant Robertson and Chief Executive of Sport New Zealand, Raelene Castle ONZM (Ngāpuhi) will headline the annual Captains Lunch at Eden Park on Friday 7 May 2021, being staged in partnership between Women in Sport Aotearoa and Trans - Tasman Business Circle. This year marks a special milestone - exactly ‘1 year to go’ until Aotearoa New Zealand will host the 8th IWG World Conference on Women & Sport. The event is the largest worldwide gathering of experts in gender equality in sport and ...

Press Release – Women in Sport Captains Lunch 2021 to celebrate female leadership in sport and business, featuring Prime Minister Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Deputy Prime Minister Hon Grant Robertson and CEO of Sport New Zealand, Raelene Castle ONZM Prime Minister, Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Sport & Recreation, Hon Grant Robertson and Chief Executive of Sport New Zealand, Raelene Castle ONZM (Ngāpuhi) will headline the annual Captains Lunch at Eden Park on Friday 7 May 2021, being staged in partnership between Women in Sport Aotearoa and Trans – Tasman Bus...

Two new beach wheelchairs donated for Waihī Beach 3 Mar, 2021 03:03 PM 3 minutes to read Goldfields' student Madison Snow having fun at Anzac Bay in one of the beach wheelchairs with teacher aid Michelle Kleynhans. Photo / Anna Schroeder Goldfields' student Madison Snow having fun at Anzac Bay in one of the beach wheelchairs with teacher aid Michelle Kleynhans. Photo / Anna Schroeder Bay of Plenty Times By: Chris Steel Two new beach wheelchairs have been donated by the Waihī Beach community after seeing the tremendous support a borrowed one made over summer. One wheelchair was donated by a ...