Dame Lisa Carrington has claimed the top honour at the Māori Sports Awards at a ceremony in Mt Maunganui.
The sprint kayak great won three times at the Paris Olympics and now has eight golds overall.
She was recently given one of the highest accolades in the Olympic movement, the Outstanding Sporting Career Award.
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Māori Sports Awards' winners:
Albie Pryor Memorial Māori Sports Person of the Year - Dame Lisa Carrington (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Porou), North Harbour - waka hūkere | canoe sprint
Senior Sportswoman of the Year - Dame Lisa Carrington
Senior Sportsman of the Year - Codie Taylor (Muaūpoko, Ngāti Raukawa), Ōtautahi | Christchurch - whutupōro | rugby
Para Athlete of the Year - Peter Cowan PLY#231 (Ngāti Kahungunu), Heretaunga | Hastings - Eke waka whaikaha | Para canoeing
Team of the Year - New Zealand Māori Development team - whutupōro | rugby
Coach of the Year - Cory Sweeney (Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara), Pāpāmoa - whutupōro takiwhitu | rugby sevens
Junior Sportswoman of the Year - Maia Davis (Ngāti Hineuru, Taranaki), Ahuriri | Napier - whutupōro | rugby, whutupōro takiwhitu | rugby sevens, rīki | rugby league
Junior Sportsman of the Year - Charlie Sinton (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa), Tauranga - whutupōro | rugby
Umpire/Referee of the Year - Amber Church (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki), Tūranganui-a-Kiwa | Gisborne - haupoi | hockey
Administrator of the Year - Gordon Glen-Watson (Ngāpuhi), Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland - poiwhana | football
Māori Sports Hall of Fame - Riki Ellison (Ngāi Tahu), Ngā Whenua Tōpū o Amerika | USA - whutupōro Amerika | American football