Paul Henare

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Paul Henare
Position Guard
Nickname Pauli
Height 182cm
Weight 93kg
Team New Zealand Breakers (NBL)
Nationality Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
Born March 4, 1979 (1979-03-04) (age 29)
Napier, New Zealand
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 Donald 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.

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 has played for the Hawkes Bay in the New Zealand NBL, and Banvit in the Turkish Basketball League. He has recently resigned with the New Zealand Breakers for the 2006/2007 season.