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Kiringāua Cassidy is a born artist. On the kapa haka scene, he's scared of nothing – a young man who has not left spina bifida and a wheelchair life to prevent it from happening.
The kapa haka and Ngā Manu Kōrero competitions at high school are excellent platforms for spotting Maori talents such as Kings High School student Kiringāua Cassidy.
The 15-year-old Dunedin athlete excelled on stage as a kapa haka. Interpreter with Ngā Waka Kōtuia and will compete at the 2018 Ngā Manu Kōrero Championships in Gisborne in September
Born with Spina Bifida, Kiringāua says that he has not let his disability stop him from realizing his dreams , including training to become
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Kiringana Cassidy trains for to be part of the Paralympic Ski Team of New Zealand
. something that fascinates me, "says Kiringua. "I love being on the mountain, just me and my thoughts, while I'm going down the slope."
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Komene Cassidy a Maori guardian and defender of te reo. He says that his son's disability does not define who he is.
"We did not know much about spina bifida when he was born," says Komene. "What was important was that the doctors said that he would be fine, that he would live, that he could not walk but that beside that, he lead a normal life. "
Komene and his wife Paulette raised Kiringāua and his three brothers with you reo Māori as their first language.
They say that his concentrated state of mind was something he was born with rather than a habit that they cultivated in him.
"He has many aspirations for himself," Komene says. "Since he was a kid, he's done his own thing, opened his own way."
This article appeared on Māori Television and is published here with his permission.
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