Crowds packed out Whangārei's ASB Stadium on Saturday for the Mokau Marae rebuild fundraising basketball tournament.
More than 200 people came for the well-attended competition, which featured 10 whānau teams from as far south as Auckland and as far north as Kaitaia, with some team members travelling from Australia.
![LJ Hetaraka (with ball) powers through the centre of the court with eyes only for the hoop. Photo / Michael Cunningham](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/Q5FZZGUP52AHW74PVNH4THBYIU.jpg?auth=a56415a812f2cf49a364412b7db9105f08842576dbc19037afc69697630f23ec&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
The annual tournament was the second of three fundraising sporting events arranged over the Christmas/New Year period. On Friday, 12 netball teams competed in an annual netball tournament at the Whangārei Netball Centre courts.
On Thursday, a touch tournament will be held at Whangaruru School as the final sporting event aimed at raising funds for the Oakura-based marae which was ravaged by fire in 2013.