Michael Mika Explained

Birth Date:1968 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Weight:252 lb
University:University of Otago
Ru Position:Prop
Ru Amateuryears:1992–1994
1994–1995
1996–1998
Ru Amateurclubs:Otago University
Star
Kaikorai
Ru Province:Otago
Southland
Ru Provinceyears:1992–1995
1997–1998
Ru Provincecaps:49
14
Ru Provincepoints:(20)
(0)
Super14years:1996–1998
Super14:Otago Highlanders
Super14caps:15
Super14points:(0)
Ru Clubyears:1998–1999
Ru Proclubs:Coventry RFC[1]
Ru Nationalyears:1995-1999
Ru Nationalcaps:15
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)

Michael Alaifatu N. Mika (born 24 July 1968) is a New Zealand District Court judge and former Samoan rugby union player. He played as a prop.

Rugby career

Mika was born in Lower Hutt, and first played for Samoa during the quarter-finals against South Africa during the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Although he was part of the 1999 Rugby World Cup roster, playing three matches in the tournament,[2] with his last international cap being during the match against Wales, at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.

Mike Mika played for Otago and was a member of the Otago team that defeated the British and Irish Lions in 1993.[3] [4] Mike Mika played for Otago between 1992 and 1997, then for Southland in 1997 and 1998, He also played for the Highlanders between 1996 and 1998. Between 1999 and 2003 Mike Mika played for Coventry RFC.[5] He also represented New Zealand Universities in 1992, 1993 and 1995.[6]

Post-rugby career

Currently, he works as lawyer at Preston Russell Law, based in Invercargill.[7] He is a SANZAAR Judicial Technical Advisor and performs the same role on the World Rugby Judicial Panel. He is also a Judicial Officer of the Oceania Rugby Judicial Panel.[8]

From 2010 to 2021 he served as deputy president of the Invercargill Licensing Trust board, resigning after being appointed as a district court judge by Attorney-General David Parker.[9]

In April 2021, he became first Pasifika judge appointed to a district court outside Auckland, as a resident judge at the Hutt Valley District Court in Lower Hutt.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RUGBY UNION: Mika bids fond farewell to Cov. - Free Online Library.
  2. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Mike Mika - Test matches. ESPN scrum. 2019-10-28.
  3. Web site: 2011-10-23. Rugby Union: Mauled Lions hurt in all manner of ways: Battered. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-mauled-lions-hurt-in-all-manner-of-ways-battered-tourists-see-forward-flaws-exposed-a-week-before-first-test-against-the-all-blacks-as-otago-open-up-defence-with-five-tries-1490205.html . 14 May 2022 . subscription . live. 2021-05-16. The Independent. en.
  4. Web site: 2017-06-12. Lions tour: How Otago's famous win over the British and Irish Lions revolutionised rugby. 2021-05-17. Stuff. en.
  5. Web site: Mike Mika. 2021-05-16. Skills With Mils. en-US.
  6. Web site: Michael Alaifatu N Mika New Zealand Rugby History. 2021-05-17. www.rugbyhistory.co.nz. en.
  7. Web site: Mike Mika — Roar Sports . www.roarsports.co . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170116163823/http://www.roarsports.co/mike-mika/ . 2017-01-16.
  8. Web site: Mike Mika • Preston Russell Law . www.prlaw.co.nz . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160602091640/http://www.prlaw.co.nz/our-people/partners/mike-mika . 2016-06-02.
  9. Web site: Invercargill lawyer Mike Mika appointed district court judge . 4 February 2021 . Stuff.co.nz . Damian . Rowe.
  10. Web site: Former Samoa rugby star becomes first Pasifika judge appointed outside Auckland . 9 April 2021 . Stuff.co.nz . Matthew . Tso.