Hone Komanga "Maunga" Emery (2 April 1933 – 1 September 2011) was a New Zealand

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er who represented

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and the New Zealand Māori in

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Rugby union career

Emery represented between 1954 and 1959 and played for New Zealand Māori from 1954 to 1958. Between 1952 and 1957 he also played for the Combined Services side.Maunga Emery
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Rugby league career

Emery played for the

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in the

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competition. He made his

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debut in 1961 against Australia. That same year Emery was also part of the Auckland side that defeated Australia for the first time.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. . Emery played for Auckland between 1961 and 1966 and New Zealand Māori in 1962 and 1967. He finished his career having played 23 Test matches for New Zealand.

Family

Emery is the grandfather of New Zealand rugby league international

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.Coffey and Wood ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'' His Great Great grand nephew, Jason Emery, made the

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in 2010.(this article incorrectly calls him Jason's great grand father)Emery boasts legends' genes
''Manawatu Standard'', 29 September 2010 Emery died on 1 September 2011 at

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, Auckland, aged 79.

References

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