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MARTIAL ARTS
Sport

Teen will put her sport on show at Olympics

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Gisborne martial artist Ishtar Mackey-Huriwai (centre) at the Rangataua o Aotearoa training rooms with mother Melissa Mackey-Huriwai (left) and grandfather Taka Mackey. Ishtar Mackey-Huriwai will represent her country at the Paris Olympics in the demonstration sport of Muay Thai, joining over 1000 fighters from 24 nations. Photo / Paul Rickard

Tairāwhiti martial arts athlete Ishtar Mackey-Huriwai is following a well-trodden family path, and laying a few pavers of her own. 

At 17, she will be New Zealand’s only representative in the demonstration sport of Muay Thai at the Paris Olympics. 

She is the daughter of Mike Huriwai and Melissa Mackey-Huriwai, and is coached by her mother. When she began her martial arts journey ...

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