Kokiri 19 - Te Puni Kokiri

RAU TAUBronson Murray, Hosea Gear and Tamati Ellison bike together.Source: Mike StewartMac Herewini and Hau Paiaka lace their boots.Source: Wirepa WhänauTori Reid and Ben Couch enjoy a chat, later in life.Source: Rob TuckerThe BrotherhoodNo matter whether a player took the field season after season orcame on as a substitute for 10 minutes, the men share a commonbond – having worn a New Zealand Mäori jersey. The brotherhoodexperienced by Mäori players by pulling on a black jersey with asilver fern now spans a century. Players have a whakapapa to oneanother – by blood, from team to team, from position to position.Canterbury, All Black and New ZealandMäori team mates Billy Bush and TaneNorton snatch forty winks returning fromSouth Africa in 1976.Source: Billy BushJack Marriner, Ron Bryers and friend enjoy asnack with a beer at the kitchen table.Source: Marriner WhänauNew Zealand Mäori coach JamieJoseph congratulates his team aftertheir win against Ireland at Napier.SOURCE: PETER BUSHSource: Mike Stewart–2008The team wins the Pacific Nations Cupby beating Australia A in the final.Source: Dominion Post–2009The team is suspended for oneseason following cost-cuttingmeasures by the NZRU.–2010The New Zealand Māori rugby team turns 100 years old. Past-Māori All Black Jamie Joseph is appointed coach. He leads theteam to a clean sweep of the Centenary Series against New ZealandBarbarians, Ireland and England. In the same year an apology isissued by the South African Government, the New Zealand RugbyUnion and the South African Rugby Union over the exclusion ofMāori players from previous All Black tours to South Africa.TE PUNI KÖKIRI | KÖKIRI | Höngongoi – Hereturiköka 201031