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Howie Tamati - Wikipedia

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Howie Tamati

MBE

Born

Howard Kevin Tamati

3 January 1953 (age 71)

Waitara, New Zealand

Rugby league career

Playing information

Position

Hooker

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Waitara Bears (TRL)
1983–84	Wigan	29	3	0	0	12
	Total	29	3	0	0	12
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Taranaki
	Central Districts
1979–85	New Zealand	24	2	0	0	6

Coaching information

Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1986–90	Wellington
1992–93	New Zealand	10	3	1	6	30

Source: ^[1]^[2]

Howard Kevin Tamati^[3] MBE (born 3 January 1953), generally known as Howie Tamati, is a New Zealand politician and former professional rugby league footballer and coach who played for New Zealand.^[1]^[2] He is the cousin of fellow international Kevin Tamati.

Early life and family

Tamati was born in Waitara on 3 January 1953, the son of Esme and Kingi Tamati.^[4] Of Māori descent, he affiliates to the Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāi Tahu iwi.^[5] He was educated at Waitara High School.^[4] Tamati is the cousin of Kevin Tamati.

Howie Tamati and Joanne Smith had three children. He is now married to Aroaro and has four more children.

Rugby league career

Player

Tamati played for the Waitara Bears and represented Taranaki locally before being selected for the Kiwis in 1979. Tamati played a total of 50 games for the Kiwis, including 24 tests for them between 1979 and 1985.

Tamati played for Wigan between 1983 and 1984.^[6] He played against his cousin in the final of the 1984 Challenge Cup.

Coach

Tamati began his coaching career with the Wellington side.^[7] He then coached the New Zealand side for two years from 1992. He was replaced in 1994 by Frank Endacott.

Tamati coached the Taranaki Rockets in the 1996 Lion Red Cup and the 1997 Super League Challenge Cup.^[8]

In 1997, he was appointed the coach of the Oceania Nines Fiji national team.^[9]

Since 2007, he has been the convener of the New Zealand Kiwis selectors.^[10]^[11]

Administrator

Tamati currently serves as the Chairman of the New Zealand Māori Rugby League starting in 2004.^[12]^[5]^[13]

Tamati was the CEO of Sport Taranaki from 1994-2019.^[5]^[14]^[15] In 2013 he was appointed the president of New Zealand Rugby League.^[16]

Political career

Tamati served three terms as a New Plymouth District Councillor from 1999 to 2007. He was re-elected as a councillor in October 2010. He is the former chairman of Te Ihi Tu Maori Prisoner Habilitation Centre in New Plymouth.^[5]^[17]

In 2016 he announced he would not seek re-election to the council in 2015 and won the Māori Party nomination for the Te Tai Hauāuru electorate in the 2017 New Zealand general election.^[18]

Honours and awards

In 1990, Tamati was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.^[4] In the 1994 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to rugby league.^[5]^[19]

Tamati was selected as the patron of New Zealand Police recruitment wing 245 in 2007.^[5] In 2008, he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.^[20] He has also been inducted into the Taranaki Sports Hall of Fame.^[21]

References

^ ^a ^b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ Tamati, Howard Kevin 1979 – 85 – Kiwi #550 Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
^ ^a ^b ^c Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 358. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Sporting Trio in Latest Wing of Graduating 'Cops' New Zealand Police, 28 November 2007
^ Dave Hadfield Tamati depends on home produce for Kiwis' fruition The Independent, 9 October 1993
^ John Coffey; Bernie Wood (2008). 100 Years: Maori Rugby League, 1908–2008. Huia Publishers. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
^ Rockets shoot down North Harbour^{[dead link‍]} Sunday Star-Times, 10 March 1996
^ Tamati to coach Fijian side^{[dead link‍]} Daily News, 16 September 1997
^ Top job for Tamati New Zealand Herald, 10 February 2007
^ Injured Warriors duo keep Kearney on edge NZPA, 27 April 2010
^ Yarrow Stadium To Go All Gold For League Voxy.co.nz, 20 August 2008
^ Brenton Vannisseroy Maori sides 'not racist' Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Te Waha Nui, 1 September 2006
^ Staff List Archived 24 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Sport Taranaki
^ "Howie Tamati stepping down as head of Sport Taranaki". Stuff. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ Role at NZRL step in right direction – Tamati New Zealand Herald, 1 July 2013
^ Council says 'no' to handing over domain ownership to Ngati Mutunga The Daily News, 4 August 2004
^ "Tamati aiming to be MP". 26 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^ "No. 53528". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1993. p. 34.
^ "Dream team of century is named". Taranaki Daily News. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
^ "Sport Taranaki". www.sporttaranaki.org.nz. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

External links

NZRL Roll of Honour Archived 25 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Profile at CherryandWhite.co.uk Archived 13 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine

v t e New Zealand squad – 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup finalists
1 Gary Mercer 2 Tony Iro 3 Kevin Iro 4 Dean Bell (c) 5 Mark Elia 6 Gary Freeman 7 Clayton Friend 8 Adrian Shelford 9 Wayne Wallace 10 Peter Brown 11 Kurt Sorensen 12 Mark Graham 13 Mark Horo 14 Shane Cooper 15 Sam Stewart Coach: Tony Gordon
1985-1988 wider squad: Fred Ah Kuoi • Riki Cowan • Marty Crequer • Esene Faimalo • Olsen Filipaina • Barry Harvey • Shane Horo • Gary Kemble • A'au James Leuluai • Hugh McGahan Dane O'Hara • Ron O'Regan • Gary Prohm • Joe Ropati • Dane Sorensen • Howie Tamati • Kevin Tamati • Brent Todd • Darrell Williams • Owen Wright •1985-1986 coach: Graham Lowe

New Zealand squad – 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup

Dean Bell
Richie Blackmore
Frano Botica
Peter Brown
Dean Clark
Morvin Edwards
Mark Elia
Esene Faimalo
Gary Freeman
Clayton Friend
James Goulding
Daryl Halligan
Gavin Hill
Sean Hoppe
Mark Horo
Kevin Iro
Tony Iro
Tony Kemp
Emosi Koloto
Mike Kuiti
Francis Leota
Dean Lonergan
Duane Mann
George Mann
Jarrod McCracken
Hugh McGahan
Gary Mercer
Tawera Nikau
Mark Nixon
Sam Panapa
Mike Patton
Quentin Pongia
Matthew Ridge
Tea Ropati
Kelly Shelford
Kurt Sherlock
Kurt Sorensen
Sam Stewart
Brent Stuart
Brent Todd
Paddy Tuimavave
Brendon Tuuta
Dave Watson
Darrell Williams
Jason Williams
Mark Woods
Coaches: Tony Gordon • Bob Bailey • Howie Tamati

v t e The Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century (1908–2008)
1. Dave Watson 2. Babe Hooker 3. Ron McKay 4. Willie Talau 5. Ernest Buckland 6. Tony Kemp 7. Issac Luke
8. Bruce Gall 9. Howie Tamati 10. Willie Southorn 11. Graeme West 12. Adam Lile 13. Barry Harvey.
Bench:	14. Jack McLeod 15. Fred White 16. Lance Moir 17. Jim Parker 18. Charles Hunt.
Coach: Alan Marshall Referee: Graham Church

New Zealand national rugby league team coaches

1912-20 George A. Gillett
1921-24 Jim Rukutai
1925 Charlie Pearce
1926-27 Ernest Mair
1928 Thomas McClymont
1930-31 Arthur Hennessy
1932-37 Bill Kelly
1938-52 Thomas McClymont
1952-54 Jim Amos
1955-56 Harold Tetley
1956-57 Bill Telford
1959-60 Travers Hardwick
1961 Des White
1961-63 Bill Telford
1964-65 Maurie Robertson
1965 Bill Telford
1966-67 Lory Blanchard
1968 Des Barchard
1969 Lory Blanchard
1970 Morrie Church
1970-72 Lory Blanchard
1972 Des Barchard
1974-75 George Menzies
1977-78 Ron Ackland
1979-82 Ces Mountford
1983-86 Graham Lowe
1987-89 Tony Gordon
1990-91 Bob Bailey
1992-93 Howie Tamati
1995-96 Frank Endacott
1997 Graeme Norton
1998-00 Frank Endacott
2001-02 Gary Freeman
2004-05 Daniel Anderson
2005-07 Brian McClennan
2007 Gary Kemble
2008-16 Stephen Kearney
2016-17 David Kidwell
2018-23 Michael Maguire
2024-present Stacey Jones

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