Hare Te Rangi is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 former rugby league

Rugby league

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 footballer who represented New Zealand Māori

New Zealand Maori rugby league team

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 at the 2000 World Cup

2000 Rugby League World Cup

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Playing career

Te Rangi started his career with the Piako Warriors, who won the Bay of Plenty Rugby League

Bay of Plenty Rugby League

Bay of Plenty Rugby League is the local sporting body responsible for the administration of Rugby league in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand...

 grand final in 1995. He was then selected for the Auckland Warriors development program in 1996.

In 1997 he was the leading try scorer in the Auckland Rugby League

Auckland Rugby League

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 competition, winning the Tetley Trophy

Auckland Rugby League club trophies

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 for the Otahuhu Leopards

Otahuhu Leopards

The Otahuhu Leopards are a rugby league club based in Otahuhu, New Zealand. The club competes in the Fox Memorial competition run by the Auckland Rugby League. They are coached by Peter Caccioppoli. Between 2000 and 2003 they also competed in the Bartercard Cup.The team are the current holders of...

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He played for the Leopards in the 2000 Bartercard Cup grand final before switching in 2001 to the Eastern Tornadoes

Eastern Tornadoes

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. As a Bay of Plenty representative, in 2001 he was selected for the Northern Districts team that played the touring French

France national rugby league team

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Representative career

Te Rangi represented the New Zealand at Under 17s, Under 18s and Under 19s.

In 1998 he was selected for the New Zealand Māori

New Zealand Maori rugby league team

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 tour of the Cook Islands. He again represented the Māori in 2000 against Fiji and at the World Cup

2000 Rugby League World Cup

The 2000 Rugby League World Cup was the twelfth staging of the Rugby League World Cup and was held during October and November of that year in Great Britain, Ireland and France...

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Te Rangi also toured Australia in 2000 with the New Zealand Residents.