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Destiny Shelford-Green was able to play football for the first time thanks to support from the Halberg Foundation. The Papatoetoe local has cerebral palsy and has undergone multiple leg and spinal surgeries. The foundation helped establish an adapted football programme at Papatoetoe United Football Club.

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Ian McDonald, Disability sport – Development of disability sport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/46850/halberg-foundation (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Ian McDonald, published 14 June 2022, updated 1 February 2022.