Ngāti Porou East Coast, New Zealand's most isolated provincial rugby team, share what it means play for their iwi (FIRST PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 12, 2018). Former All Black Hosea Gear is straight to the point when he sums up the importance of rugby to the East Coast: “It’s massive”. But last year he came back to take part in East Coast Rising, a documentary about Heartland rugby team Ngāti Porou East Coast’s 2021 season and the challenges it faces as a team and as individuals. Supplied Hosea Gear at work in East Coast Rising. Gear’s tribal affiliations include Ngāti Porou and his mother is from the small East Coast town of Tolaga Bay.

Source: Stuff June 09, 2022 02:42 UTC