Glen Denham

Glen Ivan Denham (i whānau i te tau 1963, 1964 rānei) he mātauranga Māori nō Aotearoa, ā, he kaitākaro poitūkohu nō mua. He uri nō te iwi Māori ia.

 Te Ora o Mua 
I whānau a Denham i Ōtepoti, Aotearoa, he tama tēina o tētahi kaiako, he kīngi tōna pāpā. He Ahitereiria tōna pāpā, he Māori tōna whaea. Ko ia te tuarua o ngā tamariki tokotoru, ā, i tipu ake ia i Korstoripīn (Corstorphine), kei reira i haere ai ia ki te Kura Tuatahi o Korstoripīn, kātahi ka whakawhiti ki te Kura Waenga o Macandrew. I haere a Denham ki te King’s High School mai i te tau 1977 ki te 1982, ā, i reira ia i tū hei Head Boy. I a ia e kura ana ki te King’s, i takaro ia i te kirikiti, ā, i whiwhi ia i te 100 rekoata pahitanga ki te kapa Shirley Boys i te tau 1982, ā, i riro ia i te Salter Trophy mō te tauira hākinakina o te tau. I eke a Denham ki te Whare Wānanga o Otago i te tau 1982, i tutaki ai ia ki tana hoa rangatira ā muri ake, ā, i oti tōna tohu Paetahi Akoako. I te wā e whare wānanga ana, i takaro ia mō te karapu poitūkohu tāne o Te Wānanga o Otago.

 Mahi poitūkohu 
I tīmata a Denham i tōna ao NBL (National Basketball League) i te tau 1986 mō ngā Waikato Pistons, ā, kātahi ka huri ia ki te Canterbury Rams, i toa ai tēnei kapa i ngā tohu rangatira i ngā tau 1989 me 1990. I huri ia anō ki Ōtākou, ā, i tīmata ai ia ki te Otago Nuggets i te tau 1991, he wā i rārangi ai tōna take ki te 121 o ngā rarangi o ngā kaupapa hākinakina tino miharo i Otago i hangaia e Otago Daily Times i te tau 2011. I wehe a Denham i te karapu i te tau 1997, engari i hoki anō ia ki tōna pūtara i te tau 1999. I tōna āoā-ao ā-motu i waenga i te tau 1984 me te 1999, i ārahi ia i te kapa Tall Blacks mō te 13 tau, te roa rawa atu o tētahi rangatira i roto i ngā hītori o te Tall Blacks. I tapaina ia ki te taitara “forward tino tū ā-motu” i runga i ngā wā e toru. I takaro ia ki te Whakataetae o te Ao FIBA i te tau 1986, i tū ai a Aotearoa i te tū 13, ā, i ōrite a Denham i te whitu tohu ia kēmu.

 Mahi mātauranga 
I mahi a Denham mō te 15 tau i ngā kura o te Karauna i te United Kingdom, ā, i hoki mai ia ki Aotearoa hei tumuaki o te Massey High School. I te tau 2022, i whakatūria ia hei Tumuaki o Te Kāreti Tamatāne o Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

I te tīmatanga o Āperira 2024, i tohua a Denham e te Minita Āpiti Mātauranga, a David Seymour, ki tētahi Poari Whakarewatanga Kura Āmua (Charter School Establishment Board) he ētahi mema e waru, kia āwhina i te whakahokinga mai o ngā kura āmua ki Aotearoa.

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