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The NZ women's hockey team is off overseas in preparation
for the Olympics.
There are eight Maori on the squad, two of whom are sisters.
It may come as a bit of a surprise that they are of Maori descent.
They are fair-skinned, but the Harrison sisters are Maori.
Charlotte and Sam Harrison are off to their first Olympic games
with the NZ hockey team.
Charlotte is the eldest of three sisters.
She had alerted the Northland Maori hockey team
that she had Maori lineage,
but they didn't quite believe her at first sight.
As well as them, Captain Kayla Sharland is of Rangitane descent
and the team boasts five other Maori players;
The Maori hockey team says
they've all played in Maori tournaments.
The team has left for Germany to play against Belgium,
South Africa and Germany.
There will be three warm-up games.
The captain says it's important
that the team is fit and ready for the games.
Their Maori genes should see them through.
Irena Smith, Te Karere.