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26/01/2025

When the team grabs the perfect shot that shows the weather. Te Arawa weather.

25/01/2025

An update for todays games at the Rowdy's Memorial Touch Tournament 2025.

24/01/2025

Here are the schedules for the Rowdy's Memorial Touch Tournament starting today!!!

22/01/2025

🏉 Rowdy's Touch Tournament: The Countdown is On!

🔥 Last team meeting before the BIG weekend! With 41 team members on the call and a whopping 63 teams representing from all over New Zealand, this year’s tournament is set to be EPIC! 🌟

Join us as we honor the legacy of Andrew "Rowdy" Timoti, a true champion of Touch and a man who brought passion and heart to the game. 💛

Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th of January 2025
Rotorua International Stadium

21/01/2025

The 🖥 Live Stream link to watch this weekends Rowdys Memorial Touch Tournament!! 🦎🦎

- Rowdy's Memorial Touch Tournament 2025 - FINALS DAY | 26th January 2025📍 Rotorua International Stadium🔥 Bring the heat and feel the energy! Rowdy's...

20/01/2025

🦎🦎 LGP on deck for this weekends Rowdy's Touch Tournament!!!

🎉🏉 Get Ready for Rowdy's Touch Tournament! 🏉🎉

📅 This Weekend! 25th & 26th January 2025
📍 Rotorua International Stadium

🔥 Bring the heat and feel the energy! Rowdy's Touch Tournament is here bringing all the action from our tamariki across the region, it's going to be an epic weekend of fast-paced, action-packed touch rugby!

With the finals day being filmed Live and free to view on YouTube, subscribe to the Touch Rotorua Events page on YouTube to watch and view the finals days action!

https://www.youtube.com/?sub_confirmation=1

🌟 Whether you're playing, cheering, or just soaking up the vibes, this is the event you don’t want to miss.

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Brought to you by our sponsors:
- One Foundation
- Aotearoa Gaming Trust
- NZCT
- Rotorua Lakes Council
- Grassroots Trust
- Rotorua Trust
- Motion Entertainment
- Pub Charity

14/01/2025

LGP🦎 are excited to announce our involvement in this year's NZ Secondary Schools Beach Volleyball competition (7-9th Feb), NZ Beach Tour (March 2nd) and also the Futures Beach Tournament (March 9) all held on the beautiful white sands of Mount Maunganui.
Just one question remains what's the best sunscreen?

📸: T Photography

12/01/2025

Here's your links for this years Waka ama Nationals whanau LGP will be there with our drone coverage for the week.

🎥 Whakaata Māori livestream of the 2025 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals available on Māori+!

https://www.maoriplus.co.nz/show/waka-ama-sprint-nationals-2025

Livestream begins Monday 13 January from 8.30am.

Reminder the livestream is FREE on Whakaata Māori Māori+.

Beware of any fake links and pages - no payment, personal details, login required for the livestream!

12/01/2025

Looking forward to this tournament this Easter

New Zealand Heritage Hockey would like to welcome back returning teams to Tournament 2025.

NZ Asian Hockey returns after their inaugural appearance last year and both their men's and women's teams will be looking to push further than their 3rd placing in 2024.

NZ Indian Sports Assn will be looking to retain their champion status after their men won last year's event.

This year, we welcome back two more of the original participants with NZ Māori Sr and NZ Pasifika teams returning after a year away. NZ Māori have a strong history at this tournament with both its men's and women's team being crowned champions back in 2023.

Watch this space over the next few days as we announce some exciting news about new teams that will be joining our tournament this year for the very first time...

12/01/2025

Next year's dates are out whanau for the Whakatāne Jan Touch Tournament 2026 we hope you enjoyed our stream this year (please comment on your view we love to hear your thoughts) and hopefully we are back to do it all again .

📆 SAVE THE DATE! 📆

We are happy to announce the 38th Whakatāne January Touch Tournament is happening on **Friday 9th & Saturday 10th January 2026!

👉 Don’t wait! Lock in those dates and get your bookings sorted and get ready to be part of the excitement. We can’t wait to see you again next year!

11/01/2025

Finals, and it is Epic, Whakatāne Touch 2026.

https://www.youtube.com/live/FDzwtUIfqGU?si=5vYSKuP9pHu_7Ha6

09/01/2025

Please find your streaming schedule for this year's Whakatāne Jan Touch Tournament 2025 LGP are privileged to bring this year's tournament to the world.

📅 Broadcast Schedule | 2025 Whakatane January Touch Tournament 📅

The countdown is on! Get ready to watch all the action of 37th Whakatane January Touch Tournament – EXCLUSIVELY on our Official YouTube Channel! 🎥🔥

With the help of Local Gecko Productions, we will be bringing you all the thrills, live and direct from the tournament. 💥

👉 Link in our bio or click the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/live/FDzwtUIfqGU

Don’t miss a single play – let’s go! 💪

09/01/2025

LGP will be part of this year's biggest ever Waka Ama Nationals from the 12-18th January as we get the job done with Whakaata Māori brilliant 👏

Biggest ever Waka Ama Sprint Nationals! 🔥
See you there 🫳🏽

09/01/2025

LGP 🦎 are live this weekend for the Whakatāne Jan Touch Tournament for 2025 and there's been a special treat added in.
Legends the likes of:
🏅 Karl Tenana
🏅 Wairangi Koopu
🏅 Carlos Spencer
… and MANY more! Are taking to the field to play a special exhibition game of Touch for all to enjoy!!

Be sure to watch either in person or check it out live on the Whakatāne Jan Touch Tournament YouTube page, link down below 👇👇👇
https://youtube.com/live/FDzwtUIfqGU?feature=share

🚨 Exclusive Announcement: The 2025 Whakatane January Touch Tournament Just Got EVEN BETTER! 🚨

We’re about to bring you a game like no other – an EXHIBITIONGAME is happening at this year’s tournament, and it’s going to be epic!

⚡ The Baa Baaz – featuring some of New Zealand's greatest sporting legends, including:

🏅 Karl Tenana
🏅 Wairangi Koopu
🏅 Carlos Spencer
… and MANY more!

These incredible athletes are ready to bring their A-game, but they’ll be facing off against Peter Walters' Invitational Team – Mr. Touch himself is assembling a squad of Touch legends, and you’ll have to wait until kickoff to find out who’s joining him on the field!

This is going to be a game full of thrilling action and unforgettable moments. Don't forget to pop over, get some photos with the boys and maybe even see what goodies you can sn**ch up 👀

Can’t make it to the tournament? No worries – we’ve got you covered! The game will be LIVE-STREAMED, so our whānau at home can tune in and support these legends no matter where they are! 📱💻

Set your alarms, share the word, and get ready to support these sporting superstars🏆🙌

07/01/2025

Very proud to be back with the Rotorua Touch Association as we get set for this great tournament in a few weeks time .Andrew Timoti was a great referee through a multitude of codes and LGP legendary rugby player Mike Miller himself was fortunate to play the game when Andrew was in charge (thankfully Andrew never sent him off lol) great kaupapa great man LGP will see you there January 25/26 in Rotorua.

06/01/2025

Check out this year's Whakatāne Jan Touch Tournament teams and referees what a line up of course livestream schedule and draw to follow soon.

03/01/2025

Proud to announce our first stream for 2025 is the Whakatāne Jan Touch Tournament let's go.

We’re thrilled to have Local Gecko Productions back at the 37th Whakatane January Touch Tournament! 🎥✨ They’ll be live-streaming all the action, so whether you're cheering from near or far, you won’t miss a single try, pass, or epic moment! 🙌

For our whanau overseas or anyone who can’t make it in person, this is your chance to stay connected and catch all the thrills of the tournament—live and later! 🏉💻

Thank you, Local Gecko Productions, for helping bring the tournament to our global whanau! 🌍

27/12/2024

Te Arawa Primary Schools Regional Kapa Haka Whakataetae | Te ataahua hoki ō tātou tamariki, ō tātou kaihaka mō āpōpō!!