Paora winitana biography of michaels

  • Winitana was born in Hastings (NZ) and attended Hastings Boys' High School and played for the school's A1 team in 1994 where he scored a New Zealand.
  • For now it's about Winitana the husband, dad and mentor of the Paul Henare and Paora Winitana Basketball Academy in the Bay for aspiring.
  • Son and of legendary Tall black Paora Winitana, young Paora speaks on his journey through basketball.

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    Showtime Balling

    By Jordan Pomana

    Showtime balling NZ is about encouraging everyone to show their passion and love for the great game of basketball. We speak to every day people, with big balling aspirations.
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    Episode 85: One on one with Paora Winitana

    Showtime Balling Oct 10, 2021

    Episode 91 One on one with Kahu Treacher

    Kahu Treacher fryst vatten a driven, passionate and well rounded hooper but an even amazing young man. Hard working and goal oriented baller speaks about his timeline and experiences that keeps him elevating. Kahu alongside his supportive whānau has navigated from representative NZ hoops, USA high school/AAU, NBA without borders and highest honour to date as a junior Tall black. Watch this space as he’s not done yet.

    Episode 90 One on one with Jordan Ngatai

    We catch up with professional NZ hooper Jordan Ngatai. “The Prince of Porirua” speaks about his hoop life, multiple NZNBL champion and Tall black. Currently

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    Basketball: Hawks honour Winitana by retiring his No 8 singlet at halftime tonight

    Caretaker Hawks coach Ben Hill, sponsor Cameron Taylor and franchise board chairman Keith Price will present him a singlet at the halftime break of the Hawks v James Blond Supercity Rangers at the Pettigrew-Green Arena in Napier after the sides tip off at 7pm in the gold-coin entry today.

    Ironically Winitana chose No 8 because he grew up playing rugby.

    "I wanted to be like my dad so from a ung age when I was playing rugby I wanted to be No 8 because my dad was No 8 for Tamatea," says Winitana who wanted to follow in the footsteps of his maternal uncle, legendary All Black No 8 and captain Wayne "Buck" Shelford.

    But when basketball eclipsed his rugby dreams Winitana took the No 8 with him.

    "It's been awesome. All my sons love No 8 and my whole family love that number," says the former Tall Black whose family number eight - wife Tia, Paora jnr, 14, Niwhai, 11, Mana, 8, Mikaere, 5, and Te Aumiti,

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    Basketball: Time right for age-defying guard who can't keep up to call it a day

    "They told me when you can't keep up is the time to give it up."

    The lack of desire was, to say the least, "quite a weird feeling" for him, so much so that he went home to share the emotion with his wife, Tia.

    A concerned Tia asked him if he was feeling unwell.

    "I said no, I just don't want to put my body through this any more."

    For someone who had built his career on the foundation of preparation, it was difficult for him to accept he was at the point where he had to come to terms with his shelf life as a player.

    After all, Winitana was 18 when he started playing the game at the New Zealand National Basketball level in 1996.

    Ironically the former Hastings Boys' High School pupil made his debut for North Harbour Vikings after he enrolled at Church College of New Zealand in Templeview, Hamilton.

    "That's where it all began for me. I was named [NBL] Rookie of the Year and all that kind of stuff