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"I feel like I have purpose in it": Kiwi Para athlete on her journey, the Para Climbing World Championships

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Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 3:29pm

"I feel like I have purpose in it": Kiwi Para athlete on her journey, the Para Climbing World Championships

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 3:29pm

A Whanganui amputee is set to compete in the Para Climbing World Championships in Seoul, Korea next month. 

Rachel Māia sustained her injury while climbing at the age of 16, and opted to have it amputated in 2018.  

She has won a world bronze before at the World Championships and her sport has been accepted on to the programme for the first time for the LA28 Paralympic Games. 

She joined Piney to share her incredible story. 

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