10 Feb New Zealand Cricket names the Maori Secondary School Boys and Girls teams!
New Zealand Cricket has named the Maori Secondary School boys and girls teams which includes a few of our very own Waikato athletes!
Kuwyn Price- St Paul’s Collegiate and Payton Spencer- Hamilton Boys’ High School were a few named in our Maori Secondary School Boys team. Maia Lewis, a former WHITE FERNS captain who played nine Tests and 78 ODIs for New Zealand, will coach what will be the inaugural Māori Secondary Schoolgirl’s team.
They will play Governor General’s XIs at Wellington’s Karori Park later this month
To see the full article head to New Zealand Cricket
Check out the full list named below
Maori Secondary School Boys Team
Head Coach: Duncan Murray, Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Assistant Coach: Michael Tillett, Tamaki Makaurau
Assistant Coach: Michael Rameka, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
| NAME | IWI | SCHOOL |
| Lachie Bailey | Ngāti Raukawa & Ngāti Kāhungunu | Hutt International Boys School |
| Joel Clark | Ngā Puhi & Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu | Palmerston North Boys High School |
| Elias Falanitule | Te Rarawa | Sacred Heart College, Auckland |
| Jacob Gilbert | Ngai Tāhu | Kings High School, Dunedin |
| Curtis Heaphy | Ngai Tāhu | Palmerston North Boys High School |
| Ryan Jackson | Ngā Māhanga a Tairi | St. Patrick’s College Silverstream |
| Kuwyn Price | Ngāti Porou & Ngāti Hauā | St. Paul’s Collegiate, Hamilton |
| Nathan Robinson | Ngāti Hei | Kings College, Auckland |
| Payton Spencer | Ngati Kāhungunu | Hamilton Boys High School |
| Brayden Thomas | Te Ātiawa | Southland Boys High School |
| Alex Thompson | Ngā Puhi | Onslow College |
| Jamal Todd | Ngāti Whātua | Auckland Grammar School |
Maori Secondary School Girls Team
Head Coach: Maia Lewis, Ngāti Whātua & Ngāti Maniapoto
Assistant Coach: Tanya Morrison, Ngai Tāhu
Assistant Coach: Hannah Beatson, Ōtautahi
| NAME | IWI | SCHOOL |
| Ocean Bartlett | Ngāti Porou & Ngā Puhi | St. Matthew’s Collegiate |
| Waimarie Carter | Te Arawa | Onslow College |
| Harriet Cuttance | Waikato Tainui | Columba College |
| Marama Downes | Ngāti Tuwharetoa | Pakuranga College |
| Ella Drumm | Ngāti Porou | Epsom Girls Grammar |
| Ella Gibson | Tuhoe, Te Aitanga a Mahaki & Ngāti Porou | Lincoln High School |
| Kayarna Jones-Dennes | Ngati Kāhungunu | Wairarapa College |
| Sam Mackinder | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui | Palmerston North Girls High School |
| Angelique Peyroux | Ngai Tāhu | Columba College |
| Jess Smith | Ngā Puhi & Tainui | Kaipara College |
| Anika Todd | Ngāti Whātua | Mount Albert Grammar School |
| Chelsea Traill | Ngā Puhi | Whangarei Girls High School |
