Posts Tagged ‘new zealand’
Katie Owen on Radio New Zealand
On Monday the 31st of January the wonderful Katie Owen was interviewed by Kathryn Ryan on the Nine to Noon show. Katie talked about the history and work of Street Football Aotearoa since its formation in early 2008 as well as our plans for the future. To listen to the interview in full click here or on [...]
Back in Aotearoa!
The New Zealand team have returned from the Homeless World Cup, tired and bedraggled and definitely pleased to be back in Aotearoa! Although the team lost their INSP Trophy final against Slovenia, an impromptu rugby match with students in Botofogo was more successful with the tackling in particular drawing the praise of the locals. The [...]
Kiwi Victory!
This morning’s rematch against South Korea in the INSP Networking Trophy ended in New Zealand’s first victory of the trip so far and means qualification for a final game to be played against Slovenia tomorrow. The match against the Koreans had been on the cards for a couple of days and gave the Street Blacks [...]
More fun than wins
After 6 days of football, most of the players’ bodies are failing in one way or another. Ankles have been particularly troublesome with Terereao joining the invalid roster. Dr Coração (the Street Blacks’ team doctor) has been delighted to have the chance to focus on something other than the ubiquitous small dogs wearing booties being [...]
Finding our level
This morning’s match was our closest yet, a 6:3 defeat to Hungary. Fraser was back on the scoresheet again and Kevin put in a good shift in goal to keep the score down! There are rumours around the camp that now that the Urewera Terror has completely lost his voice from screaming at defenders he [...]
So it begins…
Copacabana ground to a standstill for an hour this morning for an Opening Parade full of colourful songs and dancing. Aotearoa isn’t really known for extroverted and emotional displays- so it was a largely stony-faced Kiwi team that marched along the seafront in a sea of screaming Norwegian Vikings, Nacho Libre Mexican wrestlers, Namibian singers [...]
Christchurch earthquake
The recent earthquake in Canterbury has left hundreds homeless. There are concerns that insurers could take over a year to respond to the sheer weight of claims and this could lead to more hardship in the months to come. Our thoughts are with our friends at Christchurch City Mission and with all the homeless people [...]
World Cup heroes help get homeless team on its way
Awesome news. New Zealand Football has been instrumental in helping Street Football Aotearoa raise funds to take a Kiwi team to this year’s Homeless World Cup. Amanda Fisher writes in the Dominion Post about the help we’ve received as All White Andy Barron meets Fabian and the rest of the Wellington players. Click on the [...]
Street Football on Breakfast
Check out coverage of our Road to Rio (2010 Rio Homeless World Cup) on TV1′s Breakfast show with Paul Henry. Paul Henry’s bafflement as to why people are homeless in New Zealand is one of the key reasons for Street Football Aotearoa’s existence – to raise awareness and understanding of this issue. Until we have [...]
Volunteers raising funds for homeless footballers
June 23 Press Release – Downtown Community Ministry This week, not only are we celebrating the All Whites’ achievements at the football World Cup, but it is also Volunteer Awareness Week. New Zealand has a lesser-known football team fundraising to go to a different World Cup and this team is supported entirely by volunteers. The [...]
