No time to rest for Whangaparaoa’s upcoming basketball stars

Rodney Times: After countless hours of training and shooting hoops, dreams have come true for two teens from Hibiscus Coast. Thomas Morgan, 14, and Cian Emery, 15, have made the Basketball New Zealand under 16s teams after many years of hard work and training. The teens received the good news last month after they attended six of the Basketball New Zealand camps. The boys currently attend Rosmini College and played basketball for many years at Whangaparaoa Primary, Stella Maris and Wentworth College. They also played at the Leisure Centre in Stanmore Bay and now play…

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High-achieving student earns Japanese university scholarship

Eastern Courier: Pakuranga College Year 12 student Kazuma Nakano has recently been admitted to the University of Tokyo on a full scholarship. The teenager is “honestly privileged” about receiving the scholarship because it’s awarded to up to 10 students worldwide, and will cover the admission fee, tuition, and living expenses for up to four consecutive years. “Getting admitted to the University of Tokyo is a challenge on it’s own, so I wasn’t expecting it,” Kazuma says. A baseball tour to Arizona in the United States last October and a Model…

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