Maori Sports Awards: Father, son duo take supreme title

Jason Wynyard

Multiple world champion wood chopper Jason Wynyard and his son, national basketball star Tai Wynyard, are the first ever joint winners of the supreme Albie Pryor Memorial Maori Sports Person of the Year award.

The Waitakere duo took out the top prize at the 24th awards ceremony hosted by Te Tohu Taakaro o Aotearoa Charitable Trust at the Vodafone Events Centre in Auckland last night (Saturday 29 November).

Tai Wynyard

A total of 26 world champions - as individuals or team members - as well as the winners of 10 categories were recognised for their achievements while rugby league player Stacey Jones and golfer Philip Tataurangi were inducted into the Maori Sports Hall of Fame.

All recipients and winners were in contention for the supreme award in honour of the event's founder, Albie Pryor.

The most recognised axeman in the world today, Jason Wynyard accepted a string of awards - one as an individual world champion and the other as a Maori in a world champion team as well as the coveted Senior Maori Sportsman of the Year title - while 16-year-old Tall Blacks member Tai Wynyard won Junior Maori Sportsman of the Year.

The 2014 Maori Sports Awards winners and recipients are:

E WHARE MATAPUNA O TE AO MAORI - Maori Sports Hall of Fame
Stacey William Jones ONZM (Ngati Maniapoto, Ngapuhi) of Auckland - rugby league
Philip Mikaera Tataurangi (Ngati Kahungunu) of Auckland - golf

INDIVIDUAL MAORI WORLD CHAMPIONS
Adam Tuwhitu Lowe (Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngapuhi) of Invercargill - wood chopping, power sawing
Alannah Rihari (Ngapuhi) of Kerikeri - crossfit
Jason Wynyard (Ngati Maniapoto, Ngapuhi, Tainui) of Waitakere, Auckland - wood chopping, power sawing
Lisa Carrington (Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki, Ngati Porou) of Ohope, Bay of Plenty - canoeing
Sonia Manaena (Ngati Porou, Ngai Tahu) of Invercargill - powerlifting

MAORI IN WORLD CHAMPION TEAMS
NZ Rowing: Caleb Shepherd (Ngati Porou); Fiona Bourke (Ngati Kahungunu); Fin Howard (Ngai Tai)
NZ Under-23 Rafting: Dale Thomas (Te Arawa, Ngati Pikiao); Taylor Taute-Hohepa (Te Arawa); Toni White-Waerea (Te Arawa, Ngati Pikiao); Kayla Pene (Te Arawa, Ngati Rangiwewehi)
NZ Para-Cycling: Emma Foy (Ngapuhi)
NZ Women's Sevens: Gayle Broughton (Ngati Ruahine, Ngati Ruanui); Sarah Goss (Ngati Kahungunu); Carla Hohepa (Tainui, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Tuwharetoa); Huriana Manuel (Ngapuhi); Kayla McAlister (Te Ati Awa); Tyla Nathan-Wong (Ngapuhi); Alexis Tapsell (Ngati Pikiao); Portia Woodman (Ngapuhi); Katrina Whata-Simpkins (Te Arawa); Alley Chelsea (Ngati Maru); Jordan Webber (Ngati Ranginu); Shiray Tane (Ngati Maniapoto)
NZ Power Sawing: Jason Wynyard (Ngati Maniapoto, Ngapuhi, Tainui); Adam Tuwhitu Lowe (Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngapuhi)
Natural Bodybuilding Mixed Pairs - Pro Figure: Teneka Hyndman (Ngati Tuwharetoa)

NGA KAIWHIWHI MO NGA KARAHIPI - Maori Sports Awards Scholarships
Manukau Institute of Technology: Clayton Strickland (Ngai Tai, Whakatohea) of Mangere College; Maihi Barbarich (Ngapuhi) of Te Kura Maori o Nga Tapuwae
Skills Active Aotearoa: Koroheke Moana-Taniwha (Waikato) - waka ama, ki-o-rahi, rugby league

MAUI TIKITIKI-A-TARANGA - Maori Sports Administrator of the Year (Joint Winners)
Trina Tamati (Ngati Kahungunu) of Auckland - rugby league nines
Heather Skipworth QSM (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tahu) of Napier - Iron Maori

TE TOIHUAREWA - Disabled Maori Sports Person of the Year
Emma Foy (Ngapuhi) of Cambridge, Waikato - para-cycling

TE ARATIATIA - Maori Sports Umpire/Referee of the Year
Glen Warrick Jackson (Ngai Tahu) of Tauranga - rugby

NGA IKA A WHIRO - Maori Sports Team of the Year
Maori All Blacks

TE REO O TE PARA WHAKAWAI - Maori Sports Media Award of the Year
Rewa Harriman (Te Whakatohea, Te Mahurehure), Te Kaea - Sports Reporters (Maori Television/Te Reo) - Maori All Blacks Tour

TE MARU O TUMATAUENGA - Maori Sports Coach of the Year
Stacey William Jones ONZM (Ngati Maniapoto, Ngapuhi) of Auckland - rugby league

TE TAMAHINE-A-PAPATUANUKU - Junior Maori Sportswoman of the Year
Tyla Nathan-Wong (Ngapuhi) of Auckland - rugby sevens

TE TAMA-A-RANGINUI - Junior Maori Sportsman of the Year
Tai Hikuroa Wynyard (Ngati Maniapoto, Ngapuhi, Tainui) of Waitakere, Auckland - basketball

HINEAHUONE - Senior Maori Sportswoman of the Year
Fiona Bourke (Ngati Kahungunu) of Cambridge - rowing

TE TAMA-A-TANENUIARANGI - Senior Maori Sportsman of the Year
Jason Wynyard (Ngati Maniapoto, Ngapuhi, Tainui) of Waitakere, Auckland - wood chopping, power sawing

RONGOMARAEROA - Albie Pryor Memorial Maori Sports Person of the Year (Joint Winners)
Jason Wynyard (Ngati Maniapoto, Ngapuhi, Tainui) of Waitakere, Auckland - wood chopping, power sawing
Tai Hikuroa Wynyard (Ngati Maniapoto, Ngapuhi, Tainui) of Waitakere, Auckland - basketball

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