Nadine takes out junior Maori sportswoman title

Rotorua's Nadine Stone clinched the junior Maori sportswoman award but it was US Open champion golfer Michael Campbell's carved trophy she brought home for the mantel piece.
Campbell took out the sportsman title then beat a world-class field of finalists to take the top prize at the Maori Sports Awards ceremony in Auckland.
Stone was recognised for her touch and basketball abilities when she headed off two others to win her title at a glitzy event on Saturday night.
The carved trophy mix-up happened during the celebrations.
Stone, of Te Arawa and Ngati Awa decent, said it was late in the night when she discovered she had her hands on the wrong trophy.
"I was looking at the names on the back and I thought it was strange to have men's engraved on a women's trophy. I turned it round and saw it was the men's one," laughed the 19-year-old.
"By then it was too late to find Michael and give it back."
Stone had been congratulated by the golfing great during the night.
"He said it was just the beginning for me. He encouraged me to keep going and give it my best."
Campbell won the Maori Sports Personality of the Year in 1995 and 2000, and was named Athlete of the Decade at the Maori Sports Awards five years ago.
Stone said hearing Campbell speak inspired her to achieve.
"He was saying he was proud to be Maori and that really hit the heart.
"I could feel what he was saying and it made me proud."
The talented sporting teenager, her parents Margo and Shane and best friend Ema Pene, were welcomed home yesterday by friends and family.
It was an emotional moment for Stone who was unaware her older sister Natalie had organised a powhiri.
Wiping tears from her cheeks Stone told the group of about 40 who had gathered on her family's back lawn it was a proud moment.
"I couldn't have done it with out your support. I love you guys, you mean the world to me."
During the awards ceremony Stone got to rub shoulders with some of her sporting idols including Silver Fern Temapara George and league sensation Benji Marshall.
Shane Stone said the trophy dilemma was a good excuse to ring Campbell and organise a meeting to swap their prizes.
"We might have to meet over a cup of tea."
In the junior sportsman category Te Puke's Tanerau Latimer, of Te Arawa, was recognised for his rugby and sevens talents while rugby referee John Kendall, also of Te Arawa decent, won his category.
Rugby coach Matt Te Pou was awarded the coaching trophy.
Maori Sports Awards winners:
Albie Pryor Memorial Maori Sportsperson of the Year: Michael Campbell (Ngati Ruanui), golf
Senior Sportsman: Michael Campbell (Ngati Ruanui), golf
Senior Sportswoman: Shelley Kitchen (Ngapuhi), squash
Junior Sportsman: Tanerau Latimer (Te Arawa), rugby and rugby sevens
Junior Sportswoman: Nadine Stone (Te Arawa, Ngati Awa), touch rugby and basketball
Team: New Zealand Maori Rugby Team
Umpire/Referee: John Kendall (Te Arawa), rugby
Administrator: Mavis Mullins (Rangitane ki Tamaki-nui-a-Rua, Te Atihaunui-a-Paparangi), shearing and woolhandling
Disabled Sportsperson: Cameron Leslie (Ngapuhi), swimming
Coach: Matt Te Pou (Ngai Tuhoe), rugby
Media Award: Potaka Maipi, Marae (TV One), "Benji Marshall"
Community Initiative Award: Te Hui Ahurei a Tuhoe
World Champions: Jason Wynyard (Ngapuhi), wood-chopping; Michael Campbell (Ngati Ruanui), golf; Joanne Kumeroa (Te Atihaunui-a-Paparangi), wool-handling; Christina Rimene (Ngati Kahungunu), wool-handling; Rangimaria Brightwater-Wharf (Ngati Kahungunu), powerlifting; Trent Woodcock (Te Arawa, Ngapuhi), BMX racing
Maori Sports Hall of Fame: Eric Ropiha (ONZM), equestrian; Mervyn Church (ONZM), rodeo