Paul Henare

NBL Player Infobox
name = Paul Henare


nickname = Pauli
position = Guard
height = 182cm
weight = 93 kg
team = New Zealand Breakers
nationality = New Zealand
birth_date = Birth date and age|1979|3|4|mf=y
birth_place = Napier, New Zealand
first_nbl_game = 2003
last_nbl_game =
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college =
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career_highlights = Current member of the Tall Blacks Squad
Won 2 NZ NBL championships with the Auckland Stars

Paul Donald Henare (born March 4, 1979 in Napier, New Zealand) is a professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers who play in the Australian National Basketball League's and for the New Zealand Tall Blacks; he primarily plays point guard.

Henare has been part of the New Zealand Basketball team since 1999, and competed for NZ at the U/16, U/18 and U/20 junior levels. He won two New Zealand NBL Championships with the Auckland Stars in 1999 and 2000 and competed in the New Zealand NBL All-Star Game in 2001.

Henare competed for New Zealand at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane and the 2003 FIBA Oceania Championship. He has also competed professionally in Yugoslavia in 2002/2003 with OKK Beograd.

He was a part of the inaugural New Zealand Breakers team in 2003 and was a New Zealand Breakers co-captain for the 2004/2005 season, before becoming the full-time captain for the 2005/2006 season. He has played for the Hawkes Bay in the New Zealand NBL, and Banvit in the Turkish Basketball League. He has recently resigned with the New Zealand Breakers for the 2006/2007 season.