Sporting success for Tū Toa

The Tū Toa girls netball team have been announced the Maori sports team of the year at the national Maori Sports Awards.

The event, held at TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre in Auckland at the weekend, recognises Maori sporting achievement throughout New Zealand.

Tū Toa is an educational initiative based in Palmerston North which has 30 students in Years 9-13 who study with TCS.

The girls netball team took the top title at the 2009 New Zealand Secondary Schools Netball Championships earlier this year.