Thursday 30 November, 2023In 1981, Denise participated in her first disabled sports programme in Hamilton. Her interest in Para sports was spiked and…
Thursday 30 November, 2023After a fall and time at the Auckland Spinal Unit, Rob’s discovered a new interest in wheelchair basketball. He soon…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Roly has had an amazing 40 years of service and dedication not only to Paralympics New Zealand but to Para…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Shelley Kalivati (nee Hadfield) was born and raised in Taradale, Napier. Shelley is a very successful Para athletics athlete competing…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Born in 1925, Doug took up Para sport following a truck accident which paralysed him from the waist down when…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Greg was born and bred in Mount Maunganui. Having polio, at the age of 13 Greg was using crutches and considered that…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Kaye is a New Zealand Paralympian from the Kapiti Coast. She is visually impaired and represented New Zealand at the…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Latoa was born in Niue Island and moved to New Zealand at the age of eight. He was 15 when…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Patricia ‘Trish’ Hill was born in 1948. At just seven years old Trish contracted polio and as a result developed paraplegia. She…
Thursday 30 November, 2023In 1973 Chris broke his neck playing rugby for Waihi Athletic Club. He became a C5/6 tetraplegic paralysed from the waist down. Before his accident, Chris was a carpenter. He decided to go back…
