The Tauranga Whai after beating the Northern Kāhu, taking them to their first-ever final in franchise history. Photo / Brad Pitman Tauranga women’s basketball team the Whai have made history by ...

But Whai player American Ashley Joens reckons those two losses do not mean much now, with two other key Whai players, Mikayla Cowling and Morgan Yaeger, injured for those games.

The Tauranga Whai have won their first Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa championship. And they have done it in emphatic fashion, destroying the pre-season favourites, Wellington’s Tokomanawa Queens ...