Howie Tamati

{{short description|New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach}}

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|birth_name = Howard Kevin Tamati

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|birth_place = Waitara, New Zealand

| education = Waitara High School

| relatives = Kevin Tamati (cousin)

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Howard Kevin Tamati[http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=T&id=550 Tamati, Howard Kevin 1979 – 85 – Kiwi #550] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724194221/http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=T&id=550 |date=24 July 2011 }} nzleague.co.nz {{post-nominals|country-NZL|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. 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.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |author-link1=Alister Taylor |author-link2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=358}} Of Māori descent, he affiliates to the Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāi Tahu iwi. He was educated at Waitara High School. 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.Dave Hadfield [https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-tamati-depends-on-home-produce-for-kiwis-fruition-1509659.html Tamati depends on home produce for Kiwis' fruition] The Independent, 9 October 1993 He played against his cousin in the final of the 1984 Challenge Cup.

=Coach=

Tamati began his coaching career with the Wellington side.{{Cite book|author=John Coffey |author2=Bernie Wood |title=100 Years: Maori Rugby League, 1908–2008|publisher=Huia Publishers|year=2008|page=238|isbn= 978-1-86969-331-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC|access-date=30 November 2009}} 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.[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-17276241.html Rockets shoot down North Harbour]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Sunday Star-Times, 10 March 1996

In 1997, he was appointed the coach of the Oceania Nines Fiji national team.[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23951614.html Tamati to coach Fijian side]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Daily News, 16 September 1997

Since 2007, he has been the convener of the New Zealand Kiwis selectors.[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10423310 Top job for Tamati] New Zealand Herald, 10 February 2007[http://tvnz.co.nz/rugby-league-news/injured-warriors-duo-keep-kearney-edge-3492062 Injured Warriors duo keep Kearney on edge ] NZPA, 27 April 2010

=Administrator=

Tamati currently serves as the Chairman of the New Zealand Māori Rugby League starting in 2004.[http://www.voxy.co.nz/sport/yarrow-stadium-go-all-gold-league/5/2171 Yarrow Stadium To Go All Gold For League] Voxy.co.nz, 20 August 2008Brenton Vannisseroy [http://www.tewahanui.info/news/060901-Maorisides-Vannisselroydoc.shtml Maori sides 'not racist'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720150644/http://www.tewahanui.info/news/060901-Maorisides-Vannisselroydoc.shtml |date=20 July 2011 }} Te Waha Nui, 1 September 2006

Tamati was the CEO of Sport Taranaki from 1994-2019.[http://www.sporttaranaki.org.nz/page/107/ Staff List] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524012425/http://www.sporttaranaki.org.nz/page/107/ |date=24 May 2010 }} Sport Taranaki{{Cite web|date=2019-03-01|title=Howie Tamati stepping down as head of Sport Taranaki|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/110946692/howie-tamati-stepping-down-as-head-of-sport-taranaki|access-date=2022-02-02|website=Stuff |language=en}} In 2013 he was appointed the president of New Zealand Rugby League.[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10893957&ref=rss Role at NZRL step in right direction – Tamati] New Zealand Herald, 1 July 2013

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.[http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/in040804.htm Council says 'no' to handing over domain ownership to Ngati Mutunga] The Daily News, 4 August 2004

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/81474496/maori-councillor-announces-next-political-move-at-annual-maui-pomare-festivities|title=Tamati aiming to be MP|date=26 June 2016|access-date=29 June 2016}}

Honours and awards

In 1990, Tamati was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. In the 1994 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to rugby league.[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00466.htm Sporting Trio in Latest Wing of Graduating 'Cops'] New Zealand Police, 28 November 2007{{London Gazette |issue=53528 |date=31 December 1993 |page=34 |supp=2}}

Tamati was selected as the patron of New Zealand Police recruitment wing 245 in 2007. In 2008, he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/671468/Dream-team-of-century-is-named|title=Dream team of century is named|date=14 October 2008|work=Taranaki Daily News|access-date=24 September 2011}} He has also been inducted into the Taranaki Sports Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |title=Sport Taranaki |url=https://www.sporttaranaki.org.nz/about-mo-matou/our-history/howie-tamati |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=www.sporttaranaki.org.nz}}

References

External links

[http://nzrl.co.nz/past-kiwis/past-kiwis-caps---t.aspx NZRL Roll of Honour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525170845/http://www.nzrl.co.nz/past-kiwis/past-kiwis-caps---t.aspx |date=25 May 2010 }}
[http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=970 Profile at CherryandWhite.co.uk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813065323/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=970 |date=13 August 2010 }}

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