Dan Buckingham #142
Thursday 30th November, 2023Dan was a member of the gold medal winning Wheel Blacks at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. He went onto…
Tim Johnson MNZM #126
Thursday 30th November, 2023Tim was captain of the highly successful Wheel Blacks, the Wheelchair rugby team. He led the team to bronze and…
Bill Oughton #129
Thursday 30th November, 2023A car accident 35 years ago left Bill a tetraplegic. Fast forward and Bill started Wheelchair rugby and became a…
Wheel Black Gareth Lynch recognised with Paralympic pin
Thursday 1st June, 2023Wheelchair rugby player Gareth Lynch was recognised on Sunday with his official numbered Paralympic pin. Gareth became New Zealand Paralympian…
Laureus finalist Cameron Leslie heads to Awards Ceremony in Paris: “it’s surreal”
Sunday 7th May, 2023Lionel Messi, Rafael Nadal, Kate Ledecky and Tiger Woods will be there - and so will New Zealand's own Cameron…
3 incredible Wheel Blacks receive their Paralympic pins
Thursday 4th May, 2023The Healthvision Festival of Disability Sport in Tauranga was the setting for a significant moment of recognition of 3 exceptional…
Kiwi Paralympian nominee in Laureus World Sports Awards
Monday 20th February, 2023New Zealand Paralympian #164 Cameron Leslie is a nominee in the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards for his achievements in…
In memoriam: Bill Oughton
Monday 2nd January, 2023Paralympian #129 Bill Oughton passed away on 31 December 2022, aged 60. Bill was a Wheelchair rugby player and played…
Cheer on the Wheel Blacks in the 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championships – here’s how
Tuesday 20th September, 2022
Catch Cody and Barney on TVNZ’s Unbreakable
Tuesday 23rd August, 2022Unbreakable is the documentary series that follows disabled New Zealanders as they achieve an important ambition. It's back on air…
