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“1-2-3, Ngāti!” This is a behind the scenes look at the Ngāti Porou East Coast Rugby team’s 2001 campaign. Beginning with a Ruatoria marae live-in, the film follows the team’s unlikely efforts to win National Provincial Championship’s 2nd Division. The classic underdog story captures grassroots rugby’s strong community ties. The secret weapon of NZ’s only iwi-founded union? “Whānau spirit”. As prop Orcades Crawford says: “when you put on a sky blue jersey it’s totally different to anything else - it’s probably better than the All Blacks [jersey]!”
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