From left, Vodafone Warriors players Jazz Tevaga, Black Green and Isaac Luke (2nd and 5th from left and far right respectively) with Deirdre Otene, Te Ao Kohatu Kaukau Troughton, Reiata Phillips Heihei, Nia Kara and Sean Kaka from Kaikohe at Warriors HQ on Monday afternoon.
Four Far North students who have demonstrated exceptional leadership qualities in their communities have been selected by the Vodafone Warriors to attend the 2019 NRL All-Stars Indigenous Youth Leadership Summit in Melbourne in February.
Making the trip will be Nia Kara, Reiata Phillips Heihei, Sean Kaka and Te Ao Kohatu
Kaukau Troughton, all from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Kaikohe.
The summit, attended by more than 60 indigenous youth leaders from New Zealand and Australia, aims tohelp attendees to further develop their leadership, cultural, educational and communication skills. Each NRL club has the opportunity to put forward four youth for the summit.
Vodafone Warriors community relations manager Petrece Kesha, a former Bay of Islands College student of Ngati Whātua descent, said the four were chosen due to their excellent cultural knowledge, leadership qualities, education results and their aspirations to be young leaders in their communities.
"As a club the Vodafone Warriors are committed to supporting youth across the country through our various community programmes, and it's awesome to be able to give such an incredible opportunity to these four Maori students from the Far North," she said.
