Watch Out For Bears ! (Kapiti Coast) Traditional Cache
Watch Out For Bears ! (Kapiti Coast)
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This cache is in the Matthew's Park area which is the home of Kapiti's Bears.
You will be close to the home of The Kapiti Bears Rugby League Club The notable player to come from here is Stephen Peter Kearney, ONZM (born 11 June 1972 in Paraparaumu, New Zealand) is a professional rugby league football coach and former player. He currently coaches the New Zealand national team. As a player he spent most of his career, which spanned from the early 90s to the mid 2000s and included an NRL premiership and a Challenge Cup win as well as time spent as the captain of the New Zealand team, in the second row position.
Kearney started his career with the Kapiti Bears. Turning professional he moved to Australia to play for the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1992 in what is now the National Rugby League competition. In 1993 he became the New Zealand national team's youngest test captain at 21.He left the Magpies at the end of 1994, returning home to play for the Auckland Warriors in their inaugural season. At the end of that season he traveled to England to represent New Zealand in the 1995 World Cup. He missed the first Test match against a re-unified Australian team in 1998 due to suspension. Kearney remained a Warrior until 1998, when he moved to Melbourne to join the Melbourne Storm, helping them to their first Grand Final victory in 1999.] While captaining the Storm in 2004, Kearney became the first New Zealand footballer to play 250 Australian first-grade matches. Kearney finished his playing career with English club Hull FC in Europe's Super League competition, playing in their 2005 Challenge Cup-winning side.
In 2006 Kearney retired and returned to Australia to take up a role as assistant coach at his old club, the Melbourne Storm, under Craig Bellamy. In 2008 Kearney was appointed as the New Zealand Kiwis' head coach on a two-year contract. Kearney (with assistant Wayne Bennett) coached the Kiwis to their first Rugby League World Cup win on 22 November 2008, at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, defeating Australia 34–20 As a result he was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday honours list.
There is no need to disturb any of the garden or plants and the camouflaged cache is located at the West base of a boundary fence. .
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