The high-speed nature of the sport is what attracted him. “You're running, jumping, lunging, stretching and all at the same time trying to hit an object with a racket which is not easy to do,” he describes.

Dhanny’s talent took him to the highest echelons of the sport representing New Zealand at a senior national level.

Byron’s blog post on Embracing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder through the pīwakawaka: A Māori perspective on education and ADHD was the most-read post of 2024 on Ipu Kererū, the website of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education.

In his blog post, Byron gives a Māori perspective on ADHD and neurodiversity more broadly, using the piwakawaka as a culturally resonant symbol.