Parafed

May 13, 2015 Taranaki wheelchair basketball rep Tama Hae, right, scrambles for the ball as Auckland Development player Codie Vincent closes in during the Northern Regions tournament at the TSB Stadium last Saturday. Taranaki won the match 38-14. They followed that victory with a 38-4 win over Waikato B ...

September 15, 2014 Jono Brownjohn’s new leg is built for speed and he is hoping it will take him all the way to the Paralympics in Rio. The New Plymouth Boys’ High School student is in the top five in the world for high jump for an athlete with ...

August 20, 2014 Anton Besseling swims like a fish despite his physical limitations. The New Plymouth Boys’ High School student was born with Holt-Oram Syndrome, a condition characterised by skeletal abnormalities of the hands and arms, and he has just three fingers on each hand. But that has not ...

August 1, 2014 Hanna Moore likes wheelchair basketball for the freedom it gives her. And being able to play kitted out in a new uniform has made the experience more exciting for Hanna. The ParaFed Taranaki Youth Wheelchair Basketball team was presented with a set of personalised uniforms, including ...

16 July, 2010 Eight years ago New Plymouth man Ian Rowe lost all sense of fear at the same time he lost the use of his legs in a mountain biking accident. That absence of fear has helped him master the art of the sit-ski he demonstrated to other ...

February 8, 2010 When New Plymouth man Dean Probyn broke his neck as a passenger in a head-on car crash 19 years ago, driving a boat at more than 160 kilometres an hour probably seemed like an unlikely scenario. But 39-year-old Probyn, who competed in the Masport Cup hydroplane ...