Neke atu i te tekau mā rua ngā kaitākaro poitūkohu rangatahi kua toru rā e whakaharatau ana ki Tūranganui-a-Kiwa mō te haerenga ki Te Wānanga Hākinakina o Mamba ki Los Angeles hei te tau e tū mai nei. E manako nui ana rātou kia hiwa ake ki te kaitākaro Pango Tāroaroa o mua, ki a Everard Bartlet, e tīpakohia ai rātou mō tēnei haerenga motuhake.
Ko Taimarie Matahiki tētahi o ngā kaitākaro Māori i whakangungua ki Te Kura o Tūranga Tāne i tēnei wiki.
"Kei te pīrangi au ki te tūtaki i a Kobe Bryant, ki te ako ōna nekehanga hou kaare ia kua whakaatu ki te ao.
"He tangata rongonui, ko ia tētahi tangata tino pai ki te dunk me i toa ia te MVP i te tau rua mano mā waru"
Ko Taimarie Matahiki rāua ko Aio Waitai. Pūtake / Kōnae.
He kaiwhakahaere a Everard Bartlett ki EB Sports, i toro atu ki Mamba i tēnei tau, ā hei tāna he ara hei awhi i te kaitākaro ki te hiki i te āhua o tana tākaro ki taumta kē, nā te aronga kotahi o te kura.
"Not only do they get skills training by NBA trainers, but they also get their cognition and their mamba rise application. Which works with the mind and they get taken through nutrition classes, what athletes go through as far as fuelling their body."
Ko te huarahi kia tae ki te wānanga i hua ake i te mahi tahi ki waenganui i a rātou me te rōpū i Tāmaki Makaurau, ko Tour time.
Ka puta i a Kobe Bryant ōna whakaaro mo te "Mamba Sports Academy". Pūtake / Tiriata
E marama ana a Bartlett, he taonga te tātai i ēnei hono hei whakawhanake i ngā pūkenga o te kāinga nei.
"Everybody knows basketball is booming right now, what everyone should know is that our Māori are quite talented.
"Our ceiling of potential is very high with our Māori and indigenous communities and this is a way of maximizing that potential."
