Paul Henare

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paul Henare

Position	Guard
Nickname	Pauli
Height	182cm
Weight	93kg
Team	New Zealand Breakers (NBL)
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	March 4, 1979 Napier, New Zealand
NBL Debut	2003
Career Highlights	Current member of the Tall Blacks Squad Won 2 NZ NBL championships with the Auckland Stars

Commonwealth Games Medal Record
Basketball
Silver	2006 Melbourne	Basketball

Paul Henare (born March 4, 1979 in Napier, New Zealand) is a professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers who play in the Australian National Basketball League's and for the New Zealand Tall Blacks; he primarily plays point guard.

Henare has been part of the New Zealand Basketball team since 1999, and competed for NZ at the U/16, U/18 and U/20 junior levels. He won two New Zealand NBL Championships with the Auckland Stars in 1999 and 2000 and competed in the New Zealand NBL All-Star Game in 2001.

Paul Henare competed for New Zealand at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane and the 2003 FIBA Oceania Championship. He has also competed professionally in Yugoslavia in 2002/2003 with OKK Beograd.

He was a part of the inaugural New Zealand Breakers team in 2003 and was a New Zealand Breakers co-captain for the 2004/2005 season, before becoming the full-time captain for the 2005/2006 season. He currently plays for the Hawkes Bay in the New Zealand NBL, and stands at 182cm and 93kg. He has recently resigned with the New Zealand Breakers for the 2006/2007 season.