A New Zealand rugby league player died as a result of a head injury sustained during a weekend competition.
Tere Livingstone, a Ppmoa Bulldogs rugby league player, suffered a horrific injury on June 10 while playing at Mitchell Park in Tauranga.
According to a family member, Livingstone was formally proclaimed dead at Waikato Hospital yesterday.
Despite surgery, tests revealed that his body and brain had not recovered from scans that revealed severe brain damage.
“It’s so very, very sad,” the man said.
The family is understandably distraught, but friends and the community have offered incredible support.
“It shows what sort of man Tere was.”
Details for the tangi (a ceremonial Māori funeral) were still being arranged, as Livingstone was still currently at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton, but it would be at Akerama Marae, Towai, Northland, at the weekend, the person said.
Chief executive of Coastline Rugby League, Stan Bunny Nicholas, said that they had received “the devastating news” yesterday that Livingstone had died.
“The brave warrior fought for five days against all odds.”
He said the Bay of Plenty teams will observe “a minute of silence for our fallen brother” prior to the first game of the season this coming Saturday in Rotorua.
“We send our aroha and condolences to the whānau and Pāpāmoa Bulldogs as Tere embarks on his new journey to Hawaiki nui.”
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Greg Peters, the chief executive of the New Zealand Rugby League, stated that a thorough inquiry into the event was ongoing.
“We send our aroha and condolences to the whānau and Pāpāmoa Bulldogs as Tere embarks on his new journey to Hawaiki nui.”
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Greg Peters, the chief executive of the New Zealand Rugby League, stated that a thorough inquiry into the event was ongoing.
“We are deeply saddened by the extremely tragic incident that occurred at Mitchell Park over the weekend with Pāpāmoa player Tere Livingstone.”
Livingstone was playing for the Ppmoa Bulldogs senior men’s squad that day when they took on the tmoetai Eels in a round-robin match for the 2023 Coastline District Rugby League Werohia Shield.
Livingstone was playing for the Ppmoa Bulldogs senior men’s squad that day when they took on the tmoetai Eels in a round-robin match for the 2023 Coastline District Rugby League Werohia Shield.
According to a witness, it had been “tough to see.”
In a tragic statement to the community, Livingstone’s partner Chloe, with whom he had a small boy, described herself as being “utterly broken, torn in two.”
“You were the most generous, warm-hearted person on this earth.”I shall miss you always for the rest of my life since you were our son’s most devoted father.
More than $NZ58,000 ($52,586) has already been donated through an online fundraising to assist the family with funeral expenses.
In a tragic statement to the community, Livingstone’s partner Chloe, with whom he had a small boy, described herself as being “utterly broken, torn in two.”
“You were the most generous, warm-hearted person on this earth.”I shall miss you always for the rest of my life since you were our son’s most devoted father.
More than $NZ58,000 ($52,586) has already been donated through an online fundraising to assist the family with funeral expenses.
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