Canterbury Mornings

Olympian Dame Valerie Adams is at a complete loss to understand Tonga's decision to ban school girls from playing rugby and boxing.The Tongan community in New Zealand's outraged at the announcement which saw the Government direct the island nation's schools to stop letting girls play those sports.Dame Valerie, who's mother is from Tonga, told Chris Lynch it's super sexist.She doesn't buy into the excuse that it's a cultural issue, given there's already a women's Rugby Sevens team in Tonga."I just don't know all of a sudden this has come out that these girls, these women aren't even allowed to play rugby or do boxing, and I just think it's wrong on every level. Why would you want to kill someone's dreams of doing something good for their country?"LISTEN TO DAME VALERIE ADAMS TALK WITH CHRIS LYNCH ABOVE