Manu Maniapoto

Manu Maniapoto

Birth name	Manukapua Maniapoto
Date of birth	(1935-06-29)29 June 1935
Place of birth	Mokai, Taupō District, New Zealand
Date of death	24 January 2017(2017-01-24) (aged 81)
Place of death	Rotorua, New Zealand
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	107 kg (236 lb)
Notable relative(s)	Moana Maniapoto (niece)
Occupation(s)	Bushman
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1960–68 Bay of Plenty 107 (32) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1960–66 New Zealand Māori

Manukapua "Manu" Maniapoto (29 June 1935 – 24 January 2017) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Maniapoto represented Bay of Plenty at a provincial level, playing 107 times for the province between 1960 and 1968, scoring 10 tries and kicking one conversion.[1] He was the first player to reach 100 games for Bay of Plenty.[1] Of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Pikiao and Tuhourangi descent, Maniapoto was a member of the New Zealand Māori side from 1960 to 1966, and played for both Tai Rāwhiti (1963–1965) and Northern (1967) in the Prince of Wales Cup.[1][2][3]

Born at Mokai, north of Taupō, on 29 June 1935,[1] Maniapoto was the fourth son of Hema Maniapoto and Mamaeroa Maniapoto (née Hamiora),[2][4] and the uncle of singer Moana Maniapoto.[3] He died in Rotorua on 24 January 2017,[5] and his tangihanga was held at Waitetoko Marae at Te Rangiita, on the shores of Lake Taupō.[1]

References

1. Martin, Matthew (24 January 2017). "Former Bay rugby stalwart and Maori All Black dies". Rotorua Daily Post. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
2. "Jim Maniapoto". Māori sports profiles & database. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
3. Balle, Marisa (2 December 2014). "One on one with the beautiful Moana". Rotorua Daily Post. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
4. "Manukapua Maniapoto death notice". New Zealand Herald. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
5. "Māori All Black Manukapua Maniapoto passes away". Māori Television. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.