Manu Maniapoto

Manu Maniapoto
Birth name Manukapua Maniapoto
Date of birth (1935-06-29)29 June 1935
Place of birth Mokai, Taupo District, New Zealand
Date of death 24 January 2017(2017-01-24) (aged 81)
Place of death Rotorua, New Zealand
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 107 kg (236 lb)
Notable relative(s) Moana Maniapoto (niece)
Occupation(s) Bushman
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1960–68 Bay of Plenty 107 (32)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1960–66 New Zealand Māori ()

Manukapua "Manu" Maniapoto (29 June 1935 – 24 January 2017) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Maniapoto represented Bay of Plenty at a provincial level, playing 107 times for the province between 1960 and 1968, scoring 10 tries and kicking one conversion.[1] He was the first player to reach 100 games for Bay of Plenty.[1] Of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Pikiao and Tuhourangi descent, Maniapoto was a member of the New Zealand Māori side from 1960 to 1966, and played for both Tai Rāwhiti (1963–1965) and Northern (1967) in the Prince of Wales Cup.[1][2][3]

Born at Mokai, north of Taupo, on 29 June 1935,[1] Maniapoto was the fourth son of Hema Maniapoto and Mamaeroa Maniapoto (née Hamiora),[2][4] and the uncle of singer Moana Maniapoto.[3] He died in Rotorua on 24 January 2017,[5] and his tangihanga was held at Waitetoko Marae at Te Rangiita, on the shores of Lake Taupo.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Martin, Matthew (24 January 2017). "Former Bay rugby stalwart and Maori All Black dies". Rotorua Daily Post. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Jim Maniapoto". Māori sports profiles & database. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 Balle, Marisa (2 December 2014). "One on one with the beautiful Moana". Rotorua Daily Post. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Manukapua Maniapoto death notice". New Zealand Herald. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Māori All Black Manukapua Maniapoto passes away". Māori Television. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.


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