Never on the sideline,
always in the action
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Scholarships Awarded
$1,000,000
Scholarship Funding Committed
26,000
Balls Delivered Across New Zealand
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Get off the sideline and in on the action
Back: Macy Hains - Surf Life Saving/Swimming; Jaimee Rika - Netball; Maggie Shields -Softball/Netball; Scholarship Manager Georgie; Chair Duane Dalton; Amarante Sititi -Rugby Union; Levonah Motuliki - Rugby Union. Middle: Jacqueline Kennedy - Surf Life Saving/Kayak Sprints; Ella Henderson - Rugby Union/Touch; Ashleigh Tuumaialu - Touch, Netball, Basketball; Avah Sila - Netball/Touch. Front: Juliet McKinlay - Athletics/Hockey; Bailee Nankivell - Rugby Union; Shyloh Udomsak - Basketball. Absent: Kilani-Mae Tuineau - Basketball
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Scholar cohort grows to 14 in 2024
The 2023 TDF Annual Gala Dinner shone!
Heartland Bank and The Resilience Project NZ driving better mental health in schools
The Tania Dalton Foundation Board is delighted to announce the appointment of Jeanette Paine as its new General Manager.
Renee Holmes travelled a long way to get to where she is with the Black Ferns – often with her dad, Laurie, behind the wheel of a car.
Sylvia Brunt claims she never would have imagined being part of the Black Ferns’ Rugby World Cup squad as recently as five months ago.
"It was definitely a surprise," Mason told 1News.
Zoe Crawford is one of our epic Tania Dalton Foundation scholarship recipients
Tara Turner is a quick-stepping outside back who, in common with Black Ferns' Amy Rule and Patricia Maliepo, is a recipient of the Taina Dalton Scholarship.
One of the ANZ Premiership’s leading defenders is embarking on overseas missionary work.
In the face of it water polo and netball might seem like two sports that have very little in common but multi-talented Pulse midcourter Paris Lokotui knows otherwise.
The Southern Steel has to shut down one of the ANZ Premiership’s best attacks tomorrow.
The Tania Dalton Foundation (TDF), created in honour of the sporting legend
It humbles me and drives me to try and make the most of my opportunities.
To be selected for a scholarship from the Tania Dalton foundation means so much to me.
GISBORNE sportswoman Renee Holmes is the first recipient of the Tania Dalton Foundation Trustees Award
Young tennis star Holly Stewart's first year at a US college was cut short by the global pandemic, but she's making the most of her time back home in NZ, giving back to young women with less opportunity.
Some of Canterbury's champion rugby players are giving back to the game early - coaching teams on top of their work and playing commitments, so young girls have the chance to play.
One distressing knee injury after another would be enough to crush most young athletes, but not Ainsleyana Puleiata. The rising netball and sevens star tells Suzanne McFadden how she twice overcame the mental and physical torment - and now the black dress beckons.
The future's looking bright for Junior Tall Fern Leah Mafua - pursuing a US college scholarship in basketball, and a business degree that's focused on the sea.
Blue Diamond Teri MacDonald has been named as a 2020 scholarship recipient for the Tania Dalton Foundation
Rivals on the rugby field, sisters Nina and Caterina Poletti will race together in the Coast to Coast - and in both, their late dad will be alongside them.
Talented teenage shooter Khiarna Williams is committed to travelling 18 hours a week - after school - to realise her netball dreams.
Renee Holmes has already represented New Zealand in three sports. After a "disheartening” incident in her soccer career, she switched to rugby - and now aims to make that four.
One of three athletic siblings, Samalulu Clifton is edging towards her dream of representing New Zealand in two water sports. But lockdown has whipped up an unexpected family challenge.
Touch Black Tara Lee Turner-Beazley would have been battling it out for the inaugural trans-Tasman Touch Series last week but instead finds herself on the frontline as an essential worker.
A fledgling touch rugby international is one of 12 new scholarship recipients as the Tania Dalton Foundation reaches a milestone.
We catch up with Black Ferns Sevens player Mahina Paul ahead of the first ever HSBC Women's World Sevens tournament on home soil.
Princess Elliot's family moved from small-town Kawerau to the big smoke, so the young teen could make her name in netball. But now she's bewitched by rugby, with the very real dream of becoming a Black Fern Sevens star.
Irene van Dyk reckons she “hit the jackpot” when she was asked to mentor Paris Lokotui
A foundation created in the memory of one of our top netballers is lending a helping hand to a group of rugby players who are making waves in the Farah Palmer Cup.
Had Ray Makaea not been washed out to sea off Auckland’s wild west coast, his daughter Lucy would not be telling this story.
A leader on and off the court, Rotorua teenager Waiata Jennings is well on the way to realising her dream of wearing the silver fern in two different sports.
TDF scholarship recipient, Princess Elliott is one of the young guns in the Open Women's Touch Blacks team heading off to the Touch World Cup next week in Malaysia.
Silver Ferns legend Tania Dalton's legacy is living on through her foundation
12 scholarship recipients named for personal mentoring and fiscal support included rising talent from Grey Lynn, Zaaliyah Kalaihi-Fulu.
TDF scholarship recipient Isla Norman-Bell is named in Ignite7 programme
20th anniversary game at Stadium Southland raises money for the Foundation
Isla Norman-Bell and Mahina Paul have received inaugural scholarships
Tania Dalton's legacy lives on, with the help of some Silver Ferns legends, and a strong dose of her fun and humour. Suzanne McFadden reports.
12 months on from her passing, the Tania Dalton Foundation names their first scholarship recipients
On Monday, the foundation announced its first initiative by awarding scholarships to 11 athletes from challenging circumstances.
Tania Dalton Foundation Founder Duane Dalton speaks to Duncan Garner
The Foundation and scholarship recipient, Parris Mason visited and delivered Pass it Forward balls to schools in her community, New Plymouth
The Foundation and scholarship recipient, Teri Macdonald visited and delivered Pass it Forward balls to schools in her community, Hamilton.
Whangārei students have hundreds of new touch and netballs at their fingertips thanks to Rebel Sports and the Tania Dalton Foundation.
Heartland Bank and The Resilience Project NZ driving better mental health in schools
As 2022 dawned, bringing with it an optimism for a gradual release from the restrictions of covid,
Well over 1 in 4 of primary and intermediate school students are anxious.
Jack is Head Coach at Red Beach Surf Life Saving Club and amongst his many skills
The official launch of The Resilience Project into New Zealand schools
The Tania Dalton Foundation is registered as a charity!
1 year from Tania’s passing
First scholarship workshop
Class of 2018 Scholarship Ceremony
Tania’s birthday
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Class of 2019 Scholarship Ceremony
Gala Dinner 2019
Class of 2020 Scholarship Ceremony
The Resilience Project Schools Programme launched into NZ (four North Shore Shore based schools)
1st 'all in' workshop for all 36 scholarship recipients
Pass It Forward delivery with Izzy Dagg
Gala Dinner 2020
New TDF offices at The Strand
Class of 2018 Completion Ceremony
2018 Trustees Award - Renee Holmes
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Class of 2021 Scholarship Ceremony
Pass It Forward Auckland Blitz
Ainsleyana Puleiata appointed TDF’s first Alumni Trustee
Fifth scholarship awards ceremony
Caterina Poletti appointed TDF’s second Alumni Trustee
Gala Dinner 2021 – Hot August Night
2nd 'all in' workshop for all 36 scholarship recipients
Class of 2019 completion ceremony
Gala Dinner 2022: Everyone’s a star
TDF’s inaugural Gala Dinner
Gala Dinner Shine On
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