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Chris Taewa

New Zealand

Sports Editor and Journalist at The Gisborne Herald

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  • Jan 22, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Chris Taewa |Ben O'Brien-Leaf

    The Poverty Bay Year 8 boys' cricket team who won four of their five games at a tournament in Hawke's Bay are, back: Manager Richard McMurray (left) and coach Grant Walsh. Front: Arthur Cave, Callum McInnes, Cody McMurray, Jack Roberts (captain), Ged Cook, Hunter Irwin, Jed Reynolds, Max Egan, Reuben Walsh, Jack Williams, Cole Hogarth and Archie Gillies. Photo / Christine McInnesThe Poverty Bay Year 8 cricket team were outstanding in Hawke’s Bay last week.

  • Jan 19, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Chris Taewa

    This stunning 1951 Studebaker Starlite Coupe drew plenty of interest at the Street Rods Nationals Show N Shine on Saturday. Cars were crammed into the block between Grey St and Palmerston Rd and the public turned out in big numbers to admire the vehicles and talk with their passionate owners. Horsepower of the four-legged and four-wheeled kind was on display in Gisborne over the weekend.

  • Jan 14, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Chris Taewa

    Mataura shearer Brett Roberts will compete at national title events in Southland on Friday and Saturday, aiming to build on a record that includes wins in all four grades at Lumsden. Photo / Pete NikolaisonMore than 200 shearers and woolhandlers are expected to be in action during the busiest weekend on the Shearing Sports New Zealand calendar from Friday to Saturday. The competition will be spread the length of the country.

  • Jan 14, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Chris Taewa

    Gisborne's Stella Smith gets surfing's traditional carry across the sand after winning the women's stand-up paddleboard final at the national surfing championships in New Plymouth on Tuesday. Photo / PhotoCPLGisborne longboarder Hannah Kohn’s return to the national championship cauldron ended in glory on day 3 of the 2025 National Surfing Championships in New Plymouth.

  • Nov 28, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Chris Taewa

    Fellow lefties Marcus Gray (left) and Zach Rolls are a year older and golfing wiser after making their men's national interprovincials debuts in 2023 and are in the six-man squad for the 2024 edition being hosted by the Russley and Harewood courses in Christchurch next week. Photo / Paul RickardMEN’S AND WOMEN’S NATIONAL INTERPROVINCIALSWhere: Russley and Harewood golf courses. When: December 3-7. Who: 15 provinces in the men’s tournament; 12 provinces in women’s tournament.

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