Wellington has secured the rights to host the 2011 Tae Kwon Do (or Taekwondo, Taekwan-Do, or other variations, depending on where you look) World Champs. New Zealand finished 3rd at the 2007 World Champs (note, link is to a PDF of the medals table), and, with the sport thriving in NZ, the home team is expected to do well with the next event on home turf.
Join author Richard Shaw as he takes his through his new book, The Unsettled (2024, MUP), which is based on responses he received to an earlier account of his great-grandfather’s […]
Jason Love entering William Jones Park with his young family in support to play his 200th match for Wainuiomata this past Saturday against Petone. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Jason Love (Te Āti Awa/Ngāti Poro) is an unapologetic original. So, when the veteran Wainuiomata rugby player was asked to describe himself, he invented his...