{"id":438674,"date":"2026-05-21T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/438674\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T17:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:37:16","slug":"chanel-harris-tavita-signs-one-year-extension-to-end-of-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/438674\/","title":{"rendered":"Chanel Harris-Tavita signs one-year extension to end of 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chanel Harris-Tavita has stretched his stay with the One New Zealand Warriors to an eighth season after signing a one-year contract extension to the end of the 2027 NRL season.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old initially returned for his second stint with the club on a two-year deal for 2024 and 2025 before extending his contract by another season to the end of 2026.<\/p>\n

Coming through the club\u2019s system as a junior, the playmaker has enjoyed the best phase of his career since resuming his time with the club.<\/p>\n

He has a 28-19 win-loss record (with one draw) in 48 appearances including a run of seven straight wins in his seven outings so far this season.<\/p>\n


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\u201cThe way Chanel has developed his game is testament to the work he has put in,\u201d said One New Zealand Warriors general manager recruitment, pathways and development Andrew McFadden.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe plays such a big role for us and will continue to so for the rest of this season and next.\u201d<\/p>\n

After being used as an interchange utility in nine of his 17 appearances in 2024, Harris-Tavita has become the Warriors\u2019 regular #6 starting in that position in each of his 31 games since round one last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so much to like about the way Chanel goes about his game,\u201d said One New Zealand Warriors head coach Andrew Webster.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s so consistent and this season he has been in career-best form. Quite apart from his playing role he brings so much energy to the team through his defence and the way he competes. He has been awesome this year and we were very keen for him to stay here.\u201d<\/p>\n


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After making his NRL debut in 2019, Harris-Tavita amassed 54 appearances before making the decision to step away from the game in 2023.<\/p>\n

His second term has been highlighted by his 100th NRL appearance in the Anzac Day victory over the Dolphins in Wellington (the 32nd player to join the Warriors\u2019 100-game club).<\/p>\n

After scoring seven tries in his first 54 matches from 2019-2022, Harris-Tavita has added 15 in his 48 games since 2023.<\/p>\n

Profile | Chanel Harris-Tavita<\/p>\n

Born: April 3, 1999
Birthplace: Auckland, NZ
Junior clubs: Howick Hornets, Pakuranga Jaguars, Mount Wellington Warriors
Position: Standoff
Height: 183cm
Weight: 89kg
NRL debut: One New Zealand Warriors v Gold Coast Titans, Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, April 5, 2019 (Rd 4)
Warriors No: 233
NRL appearances: 102 (2019-2022 & 2024-2026)
NRL points: 219 (22 tries, 65 goals, 1 field goal)
New South Wales Cup appearances: 31 (2018-2019 & 2024)
New South Wales Cup points: 144 (11 tries, 49 goals, 2 field goals)
Representative: 10 Tests for Toa Samoa (2019-2025), M\u0101ori All Stars (2022), Junior Kiwis (2017-2018)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chanel Harris-Tavita has stretched his stay with the One New Zealand Warriors to an eighth season after signing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-438674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}