Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 14, 2019 16:18:58 GMT 12
EXCITING CHANGES IN CLUB'S ANNIVERSARY YEAR
Meanwhile, the new Maori name - Te Kapa Poiwhana o te Whare Wananga o Otakou - is believed to be a first for a South Island football team.
The club went through the Treaty of Waitangi Committee process in adopting it, the name being gifted to the club.
''The name was adopted to acknowledge the special relationship between the University and its community, and the mana whenua including the local Ngai Tahu tribe with historic links to the water of Leith area near the club's home at Logan Park,'' club life member and women's premier coach James Coombes said......
www.odt.co.nz/sport/football/exciting-changes-clubs-anniversary-year
Meanwhile, the new Maori name - Te Kapa Poiwhana o te Whare Wananga o Otakou - is believed to be a first for a South Island football team.
The club went through the Treaty of Waitangi Committee process in adopting it, the name being gifted to the club.
''The name was adopted to acknowledge the special relationship between the University and its community, and the mana whenua including the local Ngai Tahu tribe with historic links to the water of Leith area near the club's home at Logan Park,'' club life member and women's premier coach James Coombes said......
www.odt.co.nz/sport/football/exciting-changes-clubs-anniversary-year