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Tauranga, New Zealand

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16/06 Auckland Tua - Tauranga Wha
21/06 Southland Sh - Tauranga Wha
23/06 Otago Nugget - Tauranga Wha
27/06 Tauranga Wha - Franklin Bul
03/07 Wellington S - Tauranga Wha

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07/06 Tauranga Wha 73 - 84 Nelson Giant
29/05 Tauranga Wha 90 - 102 Wellington S
26/05 Manawatu Jet 75 - 77 Tauranga Wha
23/05 Tauranga Wha 72 - 86 Canterbury R
19/05 Nelson Giant 69 - 83 Tauranga Wha

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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.
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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.

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