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Pero Cameron

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Pero Cameron

Pero Cameron pushes past an Australian defender during a match for the Al Ramsay Shield against the Australian Boomers. Cameron, of Ngāpuhi descent, comes from a family of basketballers and in 2002 won the supreme award at the Māori Sports Awards: the Albie Pryor Memorial Māori Sportsperson of the Year.

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Basil Keane, Māori and sport – hākinakina – Notable Māori sportspeople, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41506/pero-cameron (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 2 May 2013.