Piri weepu biography definition
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Piri Weepu
Birth Name: Piri Awahou Tihou Weepu
Place of Birth: Lower Hutt, North Island, New Zealand
Date of Birth: 7 September, 1983
Ethnicity: Māori, one quarter Niuean, one eighth Welsh, some French, English, Scottish, and Irish
Piri Weepu is a New Zealand rugby union player. He played mostly at half-back, and occasionally at first five-eighth. He was a key figure of the All Blacks team, which won the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Piri led the Haka, the traditional Māori war dance performed by the All Blacks before any match, for a record 51 times. He has also played for Wellington, Hurricanes, Blues, Auckland, London Welsh, Wasps, Oyonnax, Narbonne, and Wairarapa Bush.
Piri is the son of Kura Turner and Ihaia (Oxx/Bill) Weepu II. He is married to Candace. Piri is a cousin of television and radio host Stacey Morrison.
Piri’s paternal grandfather is named John “Johnny” Patali Tione Lui. Johnny was Niuean. Niue is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean.
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Sweet photo of dad feeding baby turns controversial
I never would have thought that one day I’d have a favorite New Zealand rugby player, but now I do.
Everyone, meet Piri Weepu.
Weepu found himself in a breastfeeding firestorm recently when the New Zealand government put him in an anti-smoking public service announcement. The ad initially included an endearing two-second shot of him feeding his 6-month-old daughter from a bottle. However, the country’s Health Sponsorship Council bowed to pressure from La Leche League and other motherhood advocacy groups, which claimed that the image didn’t mesh with its core message: that breastfeeding is best for children. "It's really important that those messages are consistent across the board,” New Zealand La Leche League director Alison Stanton said.
Here, you can see both the anti-smoking ad and the image of Weepu giving his daughter a bottle that was edited out of the spot. I must warn you, though: Click on that link only if you have th
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New Zealand scrumhalf Piri Weepu suffers stroke
New Zealand scrumhalf Piri Weepu will miss at least four weeks of Super Rugby for his Auckland Blues side as he recovers from a minor stroke.
The 30-year-old had a scan on Monday after complaining of migraine-like symptoms dating back to the start of this month, and will need further tests to determine the cause of the stroke, the club said today.
"Piri and his family have the full support of the organisation. He's getting the best possible care and advice and we are grateful this has been picked up bygd our medical experts, as often minor strokes remain undetected," Blues head coach John Kirwan said on the team's website (www.theblues.co.nz).
The stroke may have occurred before the team travelled to South Africa in early March.
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“Piri presented with transient symptoms that could have been from a migraine before he travelled and was cleared by specialists to travel, as long as he was monitored,” team doctor Stephen Kara