Jimmy Mill, from Ngāti Porou, entered rugby as a top-class halfback. Mill was regarded by his peers as the best in his position during the era in which he played and he would often comment on his ability to take a photograph in his mind of where every player stood on the field before he fed the scrum. He, along with George Nepia, toured with the 1924 Invincibles and subsequently became a household name. Mill was described as being as ‘elusive as an eel’. Read More »
“Anō te ataahua o te nohotahitanga a ngā taina me ngā tuakana.”
Ka timata te rohe o Te Tairāwhiti mai i te raki ki Potikirua ā ka mutu i te awa o Mōhaka kātahi ka haere ki uta ki Matawai heke iho ki Tuai ki Waikaremoana. Ko mātou ngā tamariki o te urunga mai o te rā. Te wāhi tuatahi kia mihi atu ki te ata hāpara o te rangi hou. Ko te tawhā o te rohe ka whakakapi i te āhua 1,200,000 heketea whenua tūpoupou, pukepuke.
E ai ki te tatauranga taupori o 2006, 24,555 ngā Māori kei tēnei rohe e noho ana. Koira te 4.3 ōrau o ngā Māori katoa o Aotearoa. Ko te haurua o tēnei taupori kei raro i te 25.3 tau te pakeke.
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