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Paul Henare
Teams: Bay Hawks & NZ Breakers (Australia)
Position: Point guard
Born: March 4, 1979 in Napier
Height: 1.82m
Henare debuted for New Zealand in 1998 and is now vastly experienced, having played at two Olympics, two world championships and a Commonwealth Games.
The teamÃs safest ball handler has won four NBL assist titles, was voted to All-Star Fives in 2002 & 2005, and has won three championships, most recently with the Hawks in 2006.
He has played in the Yugoslavian national league under current Tall Black coach Nenad Vucinic, has spent four seasons with the NZ Breakers (two as captain) and also had a stint with Turkish club Banvitspor under former Tall Black coach Tab Baldwin.
NBL Titles (3)
1999 (Auckland), 2000 (Auckland), 2006 (Hawks)
NBL Awards
Assist Champion - 2001, 04, 05, 07 All-Star Five - 2003, 05
International Statistics
| Year | Series | G | FGM | FGA | FG% | FTM | FTA | FT% | PTS | PPG | REB | RPG | AST | APG | STL | SPG | BLK | BPG |
| 2007 | NZ in Australia | 3 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 19 | 6.3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 1.7 | - | - | 1 | 0.33 |
| 2007 | Boris Stankovic Cup | 5 | 6 | 22 | 27.3 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 19 | 3.8 | 11 | 2.2 | 14 | 2.8 | 4 | 0.80 | - | - |
| 2007 | Venezuela in NZ | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 4 | 2.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 3.5 | 2 | 1.00 | - | - |
Three Point Goals 2007 Australia: 1/2 (50.0%), Stankovic Cup: 2/9 (22.2%), Venezuela: 0/1 (0%), 2006 World Championships 4/7 (57.1%), Brazil 1/12 (8.3%), Australia 0/2 (0%), Commonwealth Games: 2/6 (33.3%), India: 3/4 (75.0%), 2005 China Four-Nations: 1/7 (14.3%), 2004 Athens Olympics: 2/5 (40.0%), Turkey & Bulgaria: 1/2 (50.0%), Australia: 1/4 (25.0%), 2003 Australia: 2/8 (25.0%), Efes Pilsen Cup: 3/9 (33.3%), Czech Republic: 3/7 (42.9%), 2002 World Championships: 3/9 (33.3%), Europe & Canada: 3/10 (30.0%), Hungary: 1/3 (33.3%), 2001 Australia: 3/7 (42.9%), Goodwill Games: 4/15 (26.7%), 2000 Sydney Olympics: 0/4 (0%)
International Debut
1998
International Honours
Commonwealth Games Silver Medal - 2006
