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Honours Board

Our honours board celebrates Rotorua players and teams who've done us proud on the court. Know of a confirmed achievement we've missed? Let us know.

2026

New Zealand 3x3 players in white help a teammate up off the court during a game.

Commonwealth Games

Aidan Tonge

4th place, men's 3x3, Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

Captain of New Zealand's men's 3x3 team.

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Malakai Tuimalealiifano in a New Zealand number 20 singlet.

FIBA U17 World Cup

Malakai Tuimalealiifano

Represented New Zealand at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup, Istanbul

Rotorua Boys' High School

U18 Boys team page

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A Poitūkohu Māori player in number 8 takes a jump shot during warm-ups in Cairns while a teammate watches.

Poitūkohu Māori Aotearoa

Xanda Marsters

Selected to play the Indigenous All Stars in Cairns

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Two players slap hands on court in Cairns.

Poitūkohu Māori Aotearoa

Taiapua Pakaurangi

Selected to play the Indigenous All Stars in Cairns

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A player in a New Zealand number 51 singlet holds a follow-through after a shot.

Poitūkohu Māori Aotearoa

Ngahirata Jennings-Haumaha

Selected to play the Indigenous All Stars in Cairns

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A player in a Poitūkohu Māori shirt runs on court in Cairns.

Poitūkohu Māori Aotearoa

Hawaiki Leach

Selected to play the Indigenous All Stars in Cairns

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A player in a Poitūkohu Māori uniform dribbles the ball on court in Cairns.

Poitūkohu Māori Aotearoa

Hana Lacey

Selected to play the Indigenous All Stars in Cairns

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2025

Basketball New Zealand Most Valuable Player graphic for Ngahirata Jennings-Haumaha (Te Koutu), showing her holding a basketball.

Most Valuable Player

Ngahirata Jennings-Haumaha

MVP, National Secondary Schools Single A girls' tournament

Captained Te Kura o Te Koutu to back-to-back Single A titles and was named in the girls' tournament team.

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Ngahirata Jennings-Haumaha smiling in a white New Zealand singlet.

Junior Tall Ferns

Ngahirata Jennings-Haumaha

FIBA U17 Women's Oceania Cup, Samoa

Played five games for New Zealand.

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A player in a New Zealand number 8 singlet points towards the camera while holding a basketball.

Junior Tall Blacks

Xanda Marsters

4th place, 2025 FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup

Played all seven games in Switzerland, as New Zealand recorded its best-ever result at the men's U19 World Cup.

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2024

A smiling player in a New Zealand number 15 singlet holds a basketball in a gym.

FIBA U17 Women's World Cup

Waikimihia Douglas-Karauna

Represented New Zealand at the FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup, Mexico

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Koutu

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Three figures side by side: a basketball player in uniform holding a ball, a student in school uniform wearing a cloak, and a kapa haka performer holding poi.

Most Valuable Player

Waikimihia Douglas-Karauna

MVP, National Secondary Schools Single A girls' tournament

Te Koutu won the 2024 Single A title.

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2023

A player in a white number 9 uniform dunks the ball.

Most Valuable Player

Taiapua Pakaurangi

MVP, Secondary Schools A boys' national championship

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamata won the 2023 title in Palmerston North. Also named in the tournament team.

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