Tauranga Whai

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Established
2024 (2 years old)

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Basketball

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Mercury Baypark Arena
(19,800 Capacity)

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Location
Tauranga, New Zealand

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Competitions
New Zealand NBL

Last Edit
curswine: 09/May/24

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		Upcoming
06 Jun 26	Tauranga Tauranga Whai	4:00am	Nelson GiNelson Giants
12 Jun 26	Taranaki Taranaki Airs	7:30am	Tauranga Tauranga Whai
14 Jun 26	Manawatu Manawatu Jets	6:00am	Tauranga Tauranga Whai
19 Jun 26	CanterburCanterbury Rams	7:30am	Tauranga Tauranga Whai
24 Jun 26	Tauranga Tauranga Whai	7:00am	SouthlandSouthland Sharks

		Results
30 May 26	Tauranga Tauranga Whai	94 - 88	Hawkes BaHawkes Bay Hawks
23 May 26	Auckland Auckland Tuatara	96 - 71	Tauranga Tauranga Whai
15 May 26	Tauranga Tauranga Whai	97 - 99	Manawatu Manawatu Jets
09 May 26	Tauranga Tauranga Whai	79 - 99	CanterburCanterbury Rams
02 May 26	Tauranga Tauranga Whai	88 - 103	Franklin Franklin Bulls

Description

The Tauranga Whai are a New Zealand basketball team based in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty. The Whai compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Mercury Baypark.
Men's team

In December 2021, the Bay of Plenty Basketball Foundation were granted a license to enter a men's team into the National Basketball League (NBL) for the 2024 season. The team was initially named the Bay of Plenty Stingrays. The team was rebranded as Whai in the lead up to their first season and then later officially branded Tauranga Whai. The word whai as a noun means stingray in Māori. As a verb, whai means to chase or pursue.

In October 2023, Whai Basketball announced Matt Lacey as their inaugural men's coach. In their NBL debut on 28 March 2024, the Whai defeated the Hawke's Bay Hawks 91–70 at Mercury Baypark.